Union Twats, they’re not just a pain in America.

I offer you a quote from Michelle Malkin’s site, posted just last month, November 16.

In pursuit of an Eagle Scout badge, Kevin Anderson, 17, has toiled for more than 200 hours hours over several weeks to clear a walking path in an east Allentown park.

Little did the do-gooder know that his altruistic act would put him in the cross hairs of the city’s largest municipal union.

Nick Balzano, president of the local Service Employees International Union, told Allentown City Council Tuesday that the union is considering filing a grievance against the city for allowing Anderson to clear a 1,000-foot walking and biking path at Kimmets Lock Park.

”We’ll be looking into the Cub Scout or Boy Scout who did the trails,” Balzano told the council.

Balzano said Saturday he isn’t targeting Boy Scouts. But given the city’s decision in July to lay off 39 SEIU members, Balzano said ”there’s to be no volunteers.” No one except union members may pick up a hoe or shovel, plant a flower or clear a walking path.

 

Can you say, “Mentally ill?”  That’s about the only word I can come up for that fits Balzano.   A kid volunteers to do a very nice thing and the Union just couldn’t hack it.  How dare that child.

But while our Unions are out picking on Boy Scouts, the Union in Glasgow are out to do something even more annoying!  Take a look at this clip from The Guardian:

Scottish trade unions have called on supporters of Celtic to wave Palestinian flags at Europa League home match tonight against Israel's Hapoel Tel Aviv in "solidarity with suffering Palestinians".

But the Glasgow club, whose fans often wave Irish flags because of their historic ties with Ireland and the Roman Catholic community, urged their supporters to ignore the call.

It is nearly a year since Israel's three-week offensive in the Gaza Strip which killed more than 1,300 Palestinians and 13 Israelis.

"We hope that Celtic fans will join with us in a demonstration of support for a just and lasting peace in Israel/Palestine based on a secure Palestinian homeland living side by side with Israel," Dave Moxham, deputy secretary general of the Scottish Trades Union Congress, said.

Celtic, currently struggling in the Europa League, said it was "extremely concerned" by the call and said its stadium was "no place for a political demonstration". While Celtic insists it has always been a club which welcomes fans regardless of gender, age, race, religion, politics or ability, most of its supporters come from Glasgow's large Catholic community.

The city's other big club, Rangers, has traditionally drawn its support from Protestants and games between the two sides have often been the scene of sectarian rivalry mirroring the struggles between the communities in Northern Ireland.

 

I cheer the Glasgow Club for telling the fans to ignore the Union.

Something to think about.  Since what happens on the other side of the pond always finds its way to this side of the pond – how long till the  SEIU begins telling our fans what they want them to do at games? 

 

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