Posted on 03/26/2008 8:14:20 AM PDT by buffyt
related article......(check out that ‘entitlement’ attitude....she does provide a solution to the problem....)
Woman warned for speaking Spanish at work
A cell phone assembly line worker says she is afraid she could lose her job for speaking Spanish at work.
Julie Rios said she has received verbal and written warnings for talking in her native language, even though, she said, she was not informed about the rule when she was hired.
Rios, who was hired by temp company CoWorx, has been working at a North Texas plant for 10 months. But in February, she was issued a written warning about speaking Spanish.
The memo issued by CoWorx read: “You are being issued your first written warning for not adhering to company policy by speaking English only when communicating with others on the production floor.”
Expecting a baby in May, Rios expressed concern about speaking out publicly against the policy. However, she said she felt compelled to do so because she believes it is unfair.
“This is my first language — Spanish — and it’s hard for me sometimes when I’m speaking. I have to stop and think what I’m going to say in English,” Rios said.
Despite the policy, Rios claims some workers on the assembly floor can’t speak any English and need others to translate. She also said that her coworkers who don’t speak Spanish have not complained to her about her speaking another language.
“I don’t think it’s right. I have the right to speak whatever language I want … They knew we were Mexicans,” she said. “They shouldn’t have hired Mexican people.”
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FREEP THIS POLL ***PING!*** FRmail me if you want to be added or removed from the Fearless Poll-Freeping Freepers Ping list. And be sure to ping me to any polls that need Freepin', if I miss them. (looks like a medium volume list) (gordongekko909, founder of the pinglist, stays on the list until his ghost signs up for the list)
(But "YES" ain't lookin to good)
I vote yes, with one exception: Authentic ethnic restaurants. Authentic ethnic restaurants will be exempt from the English only requirement because it takes away from the appeal of eating at those restaurants when people don’t speak the native languages.
Yes
34.41 %
No
65.59 %
“Should companies be allowed to require their workers to speak English-only?”
If most in the company speak Engish and they want to be a successful company....YES! (If it’s a Mexican food rest., who cares)
Communication is an important issue for any company.
La Raza’s pimpin this poll.
When was this practice banned?
all appear DUmmied down!
It’s not clear what “English Only” means here. Does it mean that employees can’t speak another language on their breaks? What if they want to practice speaking German?
We called the language Darmok, after the episode that inspired it.
Translation: Small Diameter after Darmok. Closet Critter.
“Closet Critter”
Sounds more like Sen. Craig to me!
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