(NYT) At Advocates’ Offices, Confronting an Anti-Liberal Scheme

[Omaha Steve]

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/03/nyregion/gotham-from-a-fake-union-organizer-an-anti-liberal-scheme.html?_r=1&emc=tnt&tntemail0=y

By MICHAEL POWELL
Published: April 2, 2012

Young, bearded, a bit scruffy, a young man walked into a community organizing office in East Harlem, lugging a heavy bag. A little nervous, he said that his name was Melvin Howting, and that he worked for an environmental company in New Jersey and had a few questions about how to organize a union.

He wanted to know how to get higher wages.

And, oh yes, he had another question: If he formed a union, could his fellow workers join with the employer to shake down politicians for more money?

At this point, Rhea Byer-Ettinger, an organizer for Manhattan Together, felt her internal baloney detector go on red alert. “Beep, beep, beep,” she said. “I said to him: ‘Well, that’s not how we work. Tell me, why are you asking me about that?’ ”

FULL story at link.

[Cooley Hurd]

1. John M. Howting - The new O'Keefe...

...another punkass.

[JHB]

2. If he's going to be the new O'Keefe, he needs to be less stupid...

...by which I mean "assuming his targets are stupid". But then, O'Keefe is stupid in that same way, so maybe he is the new O'Keefe, mostly because people don't recognize his name and face yet. More people are on their guard for these stunts now.

[Omaha Steve]

3. I agree