This is America.  We speak English here.  If you wish to live here, then you need to learn to speak and function the way we do.  The same would be true if we chose to live in a foreign country.

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It is common courtesy to speak English only while at work.  Google English only at work.

If you are speaking to a coworker, you should speak English so other co workers don't suspect you are talking about them.

If a Spanish speaking customer needs assistance, then definitely communicate with them in Spanish.  Some companies pay extra for bi lingual speakers.

I learned Spanish in high school.  I used to read and speak well enough to hold a conversation.  I don't use it often enough since so I lost most of it.

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 It is not a common courtesy to speak english at work. STFU! Common courtesy is saying hello to your coworkers and not talking crap about them rather than making xenophobic assumptions about them because they speak another language!

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At my store the store  manager is telling the Spanish speakers that on kroger time it is English only. Is this actually a rule? 

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 If this was said within the past 7 days write a grievence and send it to the union and copy kroger helpline. Your store manager is in big trouble! He is putting the company at risk of lawsuits and needs to be stopped FOR HIS SAKE  and the company's sake. It is your duty to tell not to hurt him but to help him. Multimillion dollar lawsuits have bedn launched on the back of someone making a stupid remark like this.

No matter what race you are, if you are reading this do yourself a favor and stop talking crap about blacks, hispanics, muslims, and gays! Yes, that means all you Trump voters are not immune to lawsuits so STFU!

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Anonymous wrote:

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This is America.  We speak English here.  If you wish to live here, then you need to learn to speak and function the way we do.  The same would be true if we chose to live in a foreign country.

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 STFU this is the stuff only Murican's say. The OP wrote in English you fool. Go put your white hood on and shove a plunger up your arse.

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 Typical Left Winged Liberal response.  

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Most of this is irrelevant to the OP.

There is, to my knowledge and a quick google search, no corporate rule like this.
Management is allowed to set any rules they like, as long as they stipulate punishments with the rules.
This does probably run against one or two immigrant protection laws/regulations at the federal level.
A grievance should settle the problem should you face any discipline about this.

That said, management was willing to go there. There will be revenge if you go out of your way to fight this. Remember that before you make any move. Noble are the acts of the martyr, while often smart is the surrender of the slave.

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 ALL LIES, don't listen Original Poster. Management cNnot set discimanatory policies under any cicumstances under federal law. You have a case. Grieve it and send a copy to corporate. You will keep your job and probably get a payoff for pain amd suffering!

kroagrr wrote:

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. . . the store  manager is telling the Spanish speakers that on kroger time it is English only. Is this actually a rule?

No, it's a violation of half of Krogrr's core values--diversity, inclusion, integrity--as well as constituting discrimination.

Report here -- https://secure.ethicspoint.com/domain/media/en/gui/16000/index.html -- and file a grievance.  Contacting your local media would be another line of pushback against the management abuser.

-- Edited by kroagrr on Wednesday 3rd of May 2017 12:14:21 PM

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 It's funny how when Liberals speak of diversity, it only goes one way.  Maybe the next time they have one of their protests, they could have the Syrians drop nerve gas on them.

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 ALL LIES, don't listen Original Poster. Management cNnot set discimanatory policies under any cicumstances under federal law. You have a case. Grieve it and send a copy to corporate. You will keep your job and probably get a payoff for pain amd suffering!

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 To be clear.  I mean to say that management will do things that are immoral or illegal.  To say that they are legally permitted, no.  To say that generally corporate doesn't give a **** until they get sued or grieved, yes.  Nearly every store violates some angle of federal labor law as it relates to labor relations, its no surprise that they would violate anti-discrimination law.

I am speaking of the reality in which, in an at-will state anyone may be fired at any time without cause.  Even if they aren't legally allowed to make a rule, they can still fire someone for it and use a different justification on paper.  That person can try to get their job back via a legal battle or the union.  The union has a bad habit of losing easy cases like this one in many areas, and if you are working at Kroger you probably don't have the money to fund a legal fight.  So your odds of fighting this kind of thing are pretty bad.

Its a fight worth fighting, but the problem is that the company has enough power in this area that the law can't really protect the clerk.

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This is America.  We speak English here.  If you wish to live here, then you need to learn to speak and function the way we do.  The same would be true if we chose to live in a foreign country.

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 That was well said. Just in case you Spanish people do not understand.

Eso fue bien dicho. Por si los españoles no lo comprenden.

Esta es America. Hablamos inglés aquí. Si usted desea vivir aquí, entonces usted necesita aprender a hablar y funcionar de la manera que lo hacemos. Lo mismo sería cierto si decidimos vivir en un país extranjero.