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In Puerto Rico Statehooders SWEAR that if Puerto Rico became a state that our
Spanish is nobody's business. From a theoretical point of view they are right
but politics does not run by the book. Since 9-11 the United States has
undergone a re-nationalization process, or to phrase it better , NATIONALISM IS
OUT OF THE CLOSET. Language unity has taken on a new life despite Statehooders
denying it's ugly consequences for Spanish speakers in the states or a future
51st state. Is this just a passing phase or are the Repbulican neo-cons here
to stay, for a long time to come? You decide......................
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English-Only Rule Causing Stir in the Workplace

Is It Discrimination?
Imagine being banned from speaking your native language at work. That's exactly
what an increasing number of employees are charging. But do English-only rules
have merit? Some say yes, and the courts may fall more on their side.

WHEN THE BOSS SAYS
ENGLISH ONLY

By Catherine Valenti, ABC News.

Dec. 11 — While she was working at cosmetics store Sephora in New York City's
Rockefeller Center, Leydis Rodriguez says she was prohibited from speaking
Spanish at all times.

"We were not allowed to speak our native language on the floor … and on our
lunch break," she says.

Rodriguez and four other women all say they were told to speak English on the
job, including during their breaks, and that managers frequently mimicked their
speech and accents.

"I would feel really bad, angry at them, and discriminated [against]," says
Mariela Del Rosario, one of the women filing the suit.


Nearly one in five people, or 47 million U.S. residents age 5 and older, speak
a language other than English at home.


When the store closed in August of 2002, Rodriguez and two of the women who
spoke out about the English-only rule say they were not offered positions
anywhere else in the company, and lost their jobs.

Now the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is suing Sephora on behalf of
the women for instituting an "English-only" rule, which the commission says
violates Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, a rule that prohibits
discrimination against workers based on their national origin, among other
factors.

Demographics Fuel English-Only Rules

The EEOC tracked 228 charges of English-only type of discrimination in the
workplace for the fiscal year that ended Sept. 30, 2002. That's up
significantly from the 91 cases the commission saw when it first started
tracking English-only cases in 1996.

According to the latest census data, nearly one in five people, or 47 million
U.S. residents age 5 and older, speak a language other than English at home, an
increase of 15 million people since 1990. That dramatic jump means that more
and more employers are going to be faced with the question of dealing with
workers who speak another language on the job.

‘Undeclared War’ on English?

Indeed, the legality of English-only policies is a subject of great debate.
While the EEOC says it violates Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964,
supporters of English-only policies say that is a loose interpretation of the
act.

"We find that the EEOC tries to give short shrift to those legitimate business
and management reasons for trying to implement an English-only policy on the
job," says K.C. McAlpin, executive director of ProEnglish, an Arlington,
Va.-based nonprofit group that promotes the use of English as the country's
official language.
"We call it their 'undeclared war on English,' " he adds. "We think it puts
employers between a rock and a hard place and it's also bad social policy for
the country at large."

Law professor Rossein says courts have generally sided in favor of employers
who have English-only policies for workers while they're on the job, rather
than those that ask that they speak English on breaks or at lunch.

"He says many courts look to a case called Garcia vs. Gloor, in which a man
named Hector Garcia was fired by a company called Gloor Lumber and Supply in
Brownsville, Texas, for speaking Spanish with another employee in violation of
the company's policy. The Supreme Court refused to review a lower court ruling
that upheld the company's firing of the employee."

"The courts have been very conservative in this area and have not adopted the
EEOC's guidelines," says Rossein. "The majority of the cases side with the
employer."

Still, lawyers and representatives for the EEOC say they will continue to fight
English-only policies, and expect to see more cases in the coming years.

"When it gets to the point of impinging on someone's civil rights and when it
becomes discrimination against someone's culture and who he or she is, it's
illegal," says the EEOC trial lawyer Adams.

From ABCNews


Copyright 2003 ABC News.

pthorsen241

VIVA LA INDEPENDENCIA PUERTORIQUENYA!!!

john

Viva la independencia Samoana!

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pthorsen241

"john@tld.net" john@tld.net says:
<<Viva la independencia Samoana!>>

Only difference is that Samoans really want to be American. Porto Ricans hate
the USA/Anglos with a passion because they see them as their historic rivals
and eternal enemies of their beloved Spaniards and they feel humiliated to have
to sneak into the country of their hated rivals to live a decent life. Thus all
the defiant anti-Anglo crap coming from proud Hispanicks.

Unlike most South Pacific peoples colonized by European and American powers,
many Samoans in California say, their ancestors did not strongly resent the
presence of the United States government. Americans brought money, technology
and education to what has since become a U.S. territory, and kept the native
system of local chiefs, community leaders say.
Ever since, Flag Day has been a time for Samoans in their homeland and in
California to celebrate allegiance to both the U.S. government and Samoan
culture.
There are more than 50,000 Samoans in Los Angeles County--about equal to the
entire population of American Samoa, said June Pouesi, director of the National
Office of Samoan Affairs, a social service agency in Carson.

observador

One serious question..How do you asian Jungle bunnies turn out to become yellow
and not black?Could it be your yellow banana diet? By the way was it in your jungles that
the you savages killed and ate one of the Rockefellers? Market the "secret of yellow monkey" and
you's all can be as rich as michel (any kids around) jackson.

john

Samoans are not American, we are.

Go Home, nobody invited you over!

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pthorsen241

"john@tld.net" john@tld.net says:
<<Samoans are not American, we are.>>

but you are not United Statsians. samoans want into the USA, not Latin America.

<<Go Home, nobody invited you over!>>

see above, Samoans do not want to live in your countries.

john

Nopey, we aren't that, whatever that "Statsians" stuff is. We are
Americans, and we can criticize or praise our own society if we so wish.
You, being a foreigner, do not have that right.

Back to the broom, boy!

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cheo \el artesano\

So, YOU ARE SAMOAN, lol

Poor thing, claiming to be Viking, defending Anglos and attacking Hispanics
when he is a descendant of cannibals...

lol, can't help it bro, you are a joke!

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National

cheo \el artesano\

lol

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