The United States government is actually suing a private American business for discriminating against Hispanic and Asian employees because they don’t speak English on the job.
It involves a Green Bay Wisconsin metal and plastic manufacturer that fired a group of Hmong and Hispanic workers over their English skills, “even though those skills were not needed to perform their jobs,” according to the feds. More importantly, forcing employees to speak English in the U.S. violates Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, says the Obama administration.
Here’s the twisted explanation from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency that enforces the nation’s workplace discrimination laws; the Civil Rights Act protects employees from discrimination based on national origin, which includes the linguistic characteristics of a national origin group. Therefore, according to this reasoning, foreigners have the right to speak their native language even during work hours at an American company that requires English.
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A country MUST be bound by common language and beliefs if it is to survive and thrive. The world is rife with countries having two or more distinct cultures tearing themselves apart. America has always accepted other cultures and folded each into the mosaic that is America. Each culture added a bit to the mix but accepted the majority of what was America. Refusing to force immigrants to become “American” in the name of tolerance will lead to the destruction of America.
ReplyDeleteMy only other comment is if they could not speak English why were they hired in the first place. That seems a disaster in the making.
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My only other comment is if they could not speak English why were they hired in the first place.
DeleteI bet the company learned a lesson from the results.
Well, I guess every single caution sign or warning on every piece of equipment needs to be printed in every possible language down to Tagalog then -right? Otherwise inability to speak and read English becomes a serious workplace liability.
ReplyDeleteOf course by then, you will need a magnifying glass to read any of them, and the machine will be 100% covered by the warning sign itself...
Shouted warnings and instructions will be equally useless, and will lead to lawsuits for perfectly avoidable injuries...
And an MSDS will be about the size of the Encyclopedia Britannica, quality and customer service will decline..
Badger has a great point, and I recommend he read Thomas Chittun's Civil War 2 with particular attention to his definitions of Nations and Empires -and decide which the US really is.
down to Tagalog then -right
DeleteLike the Cosmetologist license in NC. You can take it in Vietnamese for instance, but not in Thai which just goes to show you the ridiculousness and unfairness of it all. It should either be offered in every language in the world or BINGO, only English.
Learn and speak english or get the fuck out and carry your ass back to wherever you came from.
ReplyDeleteSeems reasonable to me.
DeleteClose it down, sell at a huge loss (to self), and reopen. With all new employees. Some former, some not.
DeleteWonder if that has been done successfully before?
DeleteSeem obviously to me these employees are not legal as one of the requirements
ReplyDeleteto become a United States citizen is to speak the English language.
Perhaps they are of the many with dual citizenship. Extract them by due process.
Everyone has their hands out when they should be grateful for small blessings.
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