EEOC Challenge of Salvation Army English-Only Rule Sparks Controversy

The N.Y. Times reports that members of Congress, the blogs, and complaints. Conservative commentators are grumbling about government overreaching into the workplace. Why the fuss? The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission sued the Salvation Army last year over its requirement that employees in its office in Framingham, Mass., speak only English on the job — a requirement that cost two Spanish-speaking clothing sorters their jobs. The suit has landed in the middle of the virulent national debate over immigration and assimilation.

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