Thread: INJURED HISPANIC CUSTODIAN SUES SCHOOL AFTER NOT BEING ABLE TO READ ENGLISH WARNING S

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INJURED HISPANIC CUSTODIAN SUES SCHOOL AFTER NOT BEING ABLE TO READ ENGLISH WARNING SIGN

May. 10, 2013 3:03pm Tiffany Gabbay

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A group of Hispanic custodians at Denver’s Auraria Campus are suing their employer, claiming they are victims of discrimination. One of those custodians, Bertha Ribota, claims she was injured on the job as a result of not being able read a warning sign in English, CBS reports.

“Too many things have happened to me there that I don’t even know how to explain it,” said Ribota.

“If I could speak English I wouldn’t have the problems that exist.”

CBS explains further:

The complaint accuses the campus of purposely keeping vital information from Hispanic employees pertaining to the terms and conditions of their employment, changes in work status, and, more pointedly, safety. They claim they are being excluded because the information is not being delivered in Spanish.

Last week 12 custodians from the Auraria Campus filed an EEOC complaint against the Auraria Higher Education Center, which is the organization that maintains the campus for Metro State University of Denver, the Community College of Denver and the University of Colorado Denver.

“What is sort of a neutral business practice, that they speak English on campus and it’s an English-only campus has a discriminatory impact on this group of workers,” said attorney Tim Markham.

Campus spokesman Blaine Nickeson said in response: “I don’t know if that’s a problem. I think it’s one of the concerns. I will go on to say there’s not a statute to translate.”
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Never had any interest in learning the language but now sees the chance to cash in .

I'm hoping the judge will have some sense and rule that the school has to teach her to speak English and that's it. Problem solved. She can pay court costs.

It should be a job requirement to speak English.

Originally Posted by disgustedamerican

It should be a job requirement to speak English.

Disgustedamerican
you are 100 % right your in our country now english only another thing how do you dr a car all the sign are In English ?

Maybe this will be an eye-opener to employers, make sure the people they hire can speak English.

This is a reason why legal immigrants had to learn the language. He came her not knowing how to read our language, this is his problem if you ask me.

I agree. there are a lot of people driving and being allowed to drive who have no clue about our signs.