Wisconsin Plastics from Green Bay, Wis. is being sued by the Obama admin for firing workers who couldn’t speak English, stating “those skills were not needed to perform their jobs.”
The Obama admin also states that forcing people to speak English in the United States violates their civil rights, according to Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
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.
Requirements of English fluency and so-called English only rules are often implemented to make what is really discrimination appear acceptable, says the government attorney handling this case. “But superficial appearances are not fooling anyone,” he assures. “When speaking English fluently is not, in fact, required for the safe and effective performance of a job, nor for the successful operation of the employer’s business, requiring employees to be fluent in English usually constitutes employment discrimination on the basis of national origin — and thus violates federal law.”
Under President Obama the EEOC has taken a number of unprecedented actions to protect foreigners in the workplace, including illegal immigrants. In 2009 the agency issued a controversial order making a workplace English rule illegal. The directive came after the EEOC bullied a national healthcare firm to pay nearly half a million dollars to settle a discrimination lawsuit in which the government alleged that Hispanic workers were punished for speaking Spanish.
Source: judicialwatch.org
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If you come to America, then you should speak English, Absolutely! as it it the American Language and has been for many generations. It was also written as the American language as well. Also makes sense to be speaking the English language mainly when out in public. It shows a sign of respect for others that don’t speak or understand your foreign one 😉
The feds are out of control and criminal !
I used to live in an area that in order to work at certain jobs you were required to speak Spanish. Needless to say, we got the heck out of there and we are much happier now!
That’s sofa king stupid
Thats bunch of bs
Bull c**p.
But it’s not our civil right to own a gun????
Well Ill say this…..8 yrs ago I was working at a place and a new kid started. 18, first job, fresh out of high school, didnt speak a word of english. I tried as best as I could to communicate with himmm but one day he did something I told him a few times to be careful of and he got hurt….bad!!! Lost 3 fingers and broke his arm in 4 places bcus he didnt understand. Ppl shouldnt have to speak english to be a citizen of this country but if you cant find work bcus u cant communicate efficiantly, thats your fault. Its called aculturation, and if any of us whiteys moved to another part of the world, the same thing would be expected of us. Learn the ways and tje things that need to be in order to be a part of that society.
If you live in America you should be able to speak English. Why should Americans struggle with communication with foreigners who live in America. Our language is English.
you come to this country and don’t speak english learn it or get the hell out