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The two employees, who were clothes sorters, had been working at the Salvation Army for about five years before the Salvation Army decided to enforce their English language rule. One would think the Salvation Army would have a hard time proving that they weren't able to communicate with them if they had already been kept on for five years.
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I'm not saying the Salvation army is right, but it's still ridiculous.
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why do you think they are wrong? how is it unreasonable to expect a worker to speak the official language of the country in which they live?
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What do you think the official language of the US is?
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Regardless of that, I don't see how any sane person can honestly disagree that the vast majority of American citizens speak English as a first language, therefore, it is in a businesses best interest to have employees who can communicate in English.
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"the vast majority of american citizens" don't directly interact with most employees, so I don't see what difference it makes what language they speak.
That said, I don't really have any interest in telling a business owner what criteria he needs or does not need to use in making his hiring decisions. If a guy only wants to hire english speakers, that's fine with me.