Recent content by PTVC

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Regional insults, pot, or are you kettle?

I love it when pot calls kettle black.

You're a botard. And Scott calls me a troll...

Pot, meet kettle.

Or, freely speak your mind on Facebook & Twitter, and when your employer fires you, contact the NLRB. Until a court says otherwise, the NLRA protects speech. I love how you assume that everyone who posts negative remarks about their employers are all committing libel. :)

Thing is, I am not the only one who has said the sports channels should be separate. But, I do agree with your sentiment where channels in general are concerned. There are a lot of channels that I don't watch, but in many cases, the sports channels carry a higher per subscriber fee than others...

The NLRB disagrees. http://www.forbes.com/sites/mikalbelicove/2012/09/28/nlrb-slams-costco-on-social-media-use-policy-what-it-means-for-your-business/ http://www.accountingweb.com/topic/social-networking/when-employees-rant-online-nlrb-weighs-workers-rights...

You are correct. To an extent, they should. But that wasn't the point of the article Scott posted. In some situations, an employer does have to respect an employees free speech rights.

I don't mind the troll reference because I know when and why Scott added it. ;)

Sometimes... If you don't want them I don't think you should either... RECAP

The U.S. Constitution may apply to the U.S. government, but every state in the union also has a Constitution that mirrors that of the U.S. Constitution, and is some states, the state Constitution is much broader. Your states Constitution, or laws of your state, may protect employees' speech...

I like baseball and hockey, but don't think its fair that all Dish subscribers pay for the MLB & NHL networks because I watch them. Sports channels should be a la carte, just like the International and premium movies channels are. USA does not show only reruns of Law & Order. Not including...

So, there are more sports fans that subscribe than non-sports fans?

The 1st amendment protects speech, period. Your employer may fire you for just about any reason, but that does not mean they can't be held to account for it. Whistleblowing is speech. Exercising union rights is speech. Exercising employee rights is speech.