Salvation Army Sued By Two Emplyees For Not Learning English

Can you believe this???  It makes me so mad.  How about you????

Click here: Salvation Army sued by two employees fired for not learning English (OneNewsNow.com)

What is going on with this country? Crap like this is happening every single day!

If it's not the illegals claiming they have rights, it's the muslims forcing their 7th century rituals on us...and getting away with it!!

REPLY FROM REP. DeFAZIO

Thanksfor your message regarding an amendment to prohibit the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)from filing cases related to English-only rules by employers. I appreciate hearing from you and havingthe opportunity to reply.

    Unfortunately,this issue has been misrepresented. According to a letter I received from the EEOC in response to myinquiry raising questions about a recent case against the Salvation Army, "An employer is free to requireemployees to speak English when doing so is necessary for the safe and efficient operation of the business.Thus, the Commission's Compliance Manual section on National Origin (adopted 11/22/02) lists the followingas examples of situation in which employers may require employees to speak English:

Forcommunications with customers, coworkers or supervisors who only speak English 

Inemergencies or other situations in which workers must speak a common language to promote safety 

For cooperative work assignments in which the English-only rule is needed to promote efficiency

Toenable a supervisor who only speaks English to monitor the performance of an employee whose job dutiesrequire communication with coworkers or customers."

Inother words, employers are free to require English-only in virtually all circumstances except privateconversations between two employees.

    Withrespect to the specific case against the Salvation Army, the EEOC responded, "The Salvation Army casearose when the employer fired two older women who had successfully performed the duties of clothes sortersfor five years. The women spoke very little English and were fired when they failed to become English-proficientafter being given a year to do so. They worked by themselves in the back of the store with no directpublic contact and, as noted, had successfully performed their jobs for five years before the employerdecided to enforce its English-only policy. After an investigation, it was determined that the SalvationArmy did not offer a valid business justification for the requirement. The Commission filed its lawsuitonly after efforts to informally resolve the case through conciliation failed."

    Theamendment that addressed the Salvation Army case, the Alexander amendment, was passed by the Senate inNovember when the Senate considered the Commerce-Justice-Science appropriations bill. However, the House-passedversion of the Commerce-Justice-Science bill did not include the Alexander language, so a "conferencecommittee" is necessary to iron out the differences between the two appropriations bills. The Housedid vote to recommend instructing conferees to include the language in the final bill. It remains tobe seen whether the Alexander amendment will become law.

    There'sno question that one of the prerequisites for success in the United States is the ability to fluentlyspeak and understand the English language. How Congress ultimately resolves this issue, however, is,at this point, an open question.

    Thanksagain for contacting me. Please keep in touch.

WHOEVER RESPONDED NEEDS TO TAKE A LITTLE MORE TIME WITH THEIR WRITTING SKILLS. I CHANGED NOTHING