{"id":6368,"date":"2010-02-03T21:18:44","date_gmt":"2010-02-04T02:18:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/?p=6368"},"modified":"2010-02-03T21:18:44","modified_gmt":"2010-02-04T02:18:44","slug":"unions-unions-we-love-unions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/2010\/02\/03\/unions-unions-we-love-unions\/","title":{"rendered":"Unions! Unions! We love unions!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Um&#8230; not me. Some of the Register &#038; Bee commenters have already started to BBQ this letter writer before I get the chance. That ain&#8217;t gonna stop SouthsideCentral.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www2.godanriver.com\/gdr\/news\/opinion\/letters_to_the_editor\/danville_letters\/article\/right-to-work_fallacy\/17588\/\">Danville Register &#038; Bee &#8220;letter to the editor&#8221;: Right-to-work fallacy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The commenters on this letter have said pretty much everything that I had in mind, so I&#8217;ll feature some of their gems of wisdom.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201c&#8230;ignore your seniority\u2026\u201c Sounds like Mr. Scott thinks the mere act of somehow managing not to get fired should qualify him for preferential treatment over superior employees. How does this backward thinking ever get traction? <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>It is the employee\u2019s responsibility to make himself indispensable to his employer.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Let&#8217;s close this article out with my favorite of all&#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I sincerely hope all employers in Danville have entered the name \u201cMICHAEL HUNTER SCOTT\u201d in their little book of people to never, under any circumstances, hire.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>And you people call <em>me<\/em> heartless and cruel? \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Um&#8230; not me. Some of the Register &#038; Bee commenters have already started to BBQ this letter writer before I get the chance. 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Sadly, social media is already buzzing today with people condemning the school system for all of this. I'm asking that we\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Danville&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Danville","link":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/category\/locations\/danville\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"sclogo","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/sclogo.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":8390,"url":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/2014\/03\/19\/the-latest-race-card-trick\/","url_meta":{"origin":6368,"position":1},"title":"The Latest (Race) Card Trick","author":"SouthsideCentral","date":"March 19, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Here we go again. Ugh. The basic story (with a lot of unanswered questions) is at the Register & Bee website. The better story is at the Norfolk Virginia-Pilot's website. (Don't ask me why a Norfolk newspaper has a better story on a Danville incident.) So that happened. As you\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Danville&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Danville","link":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/category\/locations\/danville\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":4301,"url":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/2009\/06\/20\/unions-is-the-cwaizziest-peoples\/","url_meta":{"origin":6368,"position":2},"title":"Unions is the cwaizziest peoples!","author":"SouthsideCentral","date":"June 20, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"They had a strike against the company 3 years ago and their leaders bargained themselves into closing one facility. Earlier this year, \"saving our ass\" trumped over \"union brotherhood\" and they voted overwhelmingly for job cuts and pay concessions to save the local plant from closing. So, with Goodyear's future\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;BusinessCentral&quot;","block_context":{"text":"BusinessCentral","link":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/category\/businesscentral\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":4740,"url":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/2009\/07\/20\/the-register-bee-stops-a-trainwreck\/","url_meta":{"origin":6368,"position":3},"title":"The Register &#038; Bee stops a trainwreck.","author":"SouthsideCentral","date":"July 20, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"But there's plenty more around if you look carefully... The Danville Register & Bee's website offers people the chance to comment on most articles posted. However, certain \"people\" have turned the comment feature into an unmoderated free-for-all. It gets hilarious yet troubling quite often. 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