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Any 'mandatory' volunteerism must get union clearance...

Union troubled by Eagle Scout project in Allentown

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.

That would be the same SEIU that sent union thugs to harass Tea Partiers and whose president is on the White House guest list and whose illegal lobbying efforts have been detailed by Americans for Tax Reform and the Alliance for Worker Freedom, that will be "looking into the Cub Scout or Boy Scout who did the trail."

What are they going to do, beat the hell out of the kid?