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Salvation Army versus the EEOC (2007)

In March, 2007, a local office of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, sued the Salvation Army over its requirement that employees must learn English.

On June 28, 2007, Senator Lamar Alexander (R-Tennessee) offered an amendment to the Senate's Commerce, State Justice appropriations bill to cut off the use of taxpayer funds by the EEOC to continue its lawsuit against the Salvation Army.

The Alexander amendment passes

On July 9, 2007, English First writes to the Senate to preserve the Alexander amendment.

On July 26, 2007, the House voted 202-212 against an amendment by Congressmen Cliff Stearns (R-FL) and Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) which would have added the Alexander amendment to the House version of the Commerce, State Justice Appropriation.

On July 26, English First organizes a letter thanking Congressmen Stearns and Blackburn for their efforts.

On November 8, 2007, the House votes to protect the Salvation Army from the EEOC, 218 to 186

What is the Law?

CCH Guide to English-Only Rules (February 9, 2001).

Maria Shim, "English Only Workplace Suits Continue to Rise," American Lawyer Media (October 18, 2000).

EEOC Rule (generally loses in court).

Essential and Recent Cases

EEOC Language Lawsuits:

Colorado Central Station Casino (July 18, 2003).

R.D.'s Drive-In (September 30, 2002).

University of the Incarnate Word (April 20, 2001).

"Bias Ruling Called Warning" (September 21, 2000).

"English-only lawsuit blurs line between good business, discrimination," Dallas Morning News (April 14, 1998).

EEOC defies Supreme Court ruling.

Clinton-Gore Administration Language Rights Policy (E.O. 13166)

"Clinton 's Tower of Babble," National Review Online (August 23, 2000).

Background New York Times (April 23, 1997).