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Take Action: Tell congress to rein in this rogue agency's attack on the Salvation Army! Click here .

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is suing the Salvation Army over its English-on-the-job policy. According to the EEOC complaint, the Salvation Army made non-English speaking employees aware of its English-on-the-job rule, but then DELAYED implementation of the rule for ONE YEAR to give non-English speaking employees time to learn basic English.

Nevertheless, the EEOC is suing the organization "for its malicious and reckless conduct" and seeking damages to compensate Spanish-speaking employees for the "emotional pain, suffering, loss of enjoyment of life, humiliation, and inconvenience" they suffered by being asked to learn English and speak it on the job. Syndicated Columnst Paul Weyrich reports:

EEOC - A Taxpayer-Financed Agency Out of Control
April 20, 2007

...The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), which might easily be called the Department of Political Correctness, has decided to take on the Salvation Army. Yes, the Salvation Army, that phenomenally successful assistance organization which began in Great Britain over one hundred and forty-years ago. The Salvation Army, which has helped thousands of people in countries all over the world, is being sued by the EEOC.

As most people are aware, the Salvation Army is a Christian evangelical organization the mission of which is to help the downtrodden, blind, sick, addicted and anyone else in need. "Army" personnel stand on street corners during Christmastime, ringing a bell on behalf of the poor. One of their most important ways to raise money is through donations of old clothes and household goods, which they sell in their thrift stores. They also operate soup kitchens and hire people no one else would hire. Since 1865 the Salvation Army has lived by Christ's admonition that as we do unto the least of our people we do unto the Lord. Now the organization is in trouble for insisting its employees learn to speak English...

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ProEnglish has been at the forefront of efforts to educate employers about their rights and to inform Congress and others about the EEOC's renegade efforts. On the other hand, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) presumes that English-workplace policies are discriminatory, and thus illegal under the 1964 Civil Rights Act.

For over twenty years, the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has aggressively targeted and punished employers who adopt English-language workplace rules.

The courts have repeatedly affirmed that employers have the right to establish English language policies. But, the EEOC "disagrees" with these rulings, and continues to enforce a policy which the courts have ruled is ultra vires, or "beyond the oversight" of the EEOC.

English on the job news archive

Click on the links below to see how your Congressman voted on Sen. Alexander’s “English-on-the-job” amendment to the Commerce, Justice and Science appropriations bill (“YEA” votes were in support of Sen. Alexander’s amendment).

House roll call vote:

http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2007/roll1076.xml