Get demoted if you can't speak Spanish!!!

[M.T. Pockets]

What a country we're living in.

Fabs, how are you on employment law ?

I don't know what the law is, and I don't really care. This doesn't pass the smell test. I'd like to see what happens if the person who gets demoted belongs to some other minority group.

I happen to be a firefighter too, a couple weeks ago we were at a very large fire at a commercial dairy facility. The workers there didn't even call it in, because none could speak any English. I mean NONE. Someone in a nearby town called 911 and we followed the smoke. The lack of communication between our department and the employees at the facility was a definite problem, but, who's problem is it really ?? There were a couple safety issues with them getting in our way and not doing what we needed them to do ( to get the hell out of there) because they couldn't understand a word we said. It was easier to communicate with the cattle.

I put a lot of the blame on the employer in this case, they fired all the local people a couple years ago and replaced them with non-english speaking people, less wages & benefits.

Sure it's a safety issue, but, who's problem is it ?? I don't think it is the English speaking firefigher's problem. This may touch a nerve with some, but I'm past the point of catering to people who don't learn the native language of the country where they live. I don't care what language or what country it is.