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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This fool that is president of this country needs to stay out of the private business affairs .If these people can’t speak are language to keep a job either learn it or get the hell out of our country. How can a illegal alien have constitutional rights what part of illegal does obama not understand they have no constitutional rights.
Did they sign a company policy handbook that stated that you had to speak english at work? If not, they dont have the right to fire them for it. Put it in the handbook and then with all new employees they will be able to enforce it. You cant just change the rules after being hired no matter how much I agree that english should be spoke at the work place.
If people want to live in US, they should be able to speak some english…if nothing else, for their own good!!!
It’s a matter of safety,to be able to communicate in an emergency !!
And this is why your approval rating is sinking faster than the Titanic. Jacka$$
Speak English in America fools. If not get the hell out.
Some companies are doing the right thing. Many English speaking Americans could use that job. Though I can understand the people in 3rd world countries (Central America)Who have families they can barely feed. I was in most of those countries & saw the way they live. If that’s what you call living.
Sorry English only! Sick of all this PC c**p!
Ridiculous!
Well they shouldn’t have hired them…