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Update: Salvation Army versus EEOC
We are winning -- for now
Wednesday, November 28, 2007
By Jim Boulet Jr.
Executive Director
English FirstSalvation Army may get protection if we keep it up
The Wall Street Journal and Frontpage.com weighed in today against Speaker Pelosi's edict that there would be no House -- Senate conference on the Commerce--Justice--State appropriation until Republicans agreed to drop the Alexander amendment.
I wrote a piece just before the holiday.The Salvation Army or the Hispanic Caucus?
What is the Alexander Amendment?
On Thursday night (November 8th), the House voted to instruct its conferees on H.R. 3093 to protect Senator Lamar Alexander's Salvation Army amendment.
The Alexander amendment, if passed, would forbid the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission from spending any more of our money to sue the Salvation Army over its English-only policy.
The EEOC's 2007 lawsuit is particularly offensive because a similar lawsuit was filed against the Salvation Army in that very same courtroom and rejected in 2003.
The Salvation Army could allow its employees to remain huddled in their little linguistic ghetto. (It would be cheaper.) Instead, the Salvation Army insists that its employees learn the American language so they might look forward to a future beyond sorting old clothes.
How did we get here?
The Alexander amendment is in danger because the Hispanic Caucus threw a fit on the morning of November 9th, leading to a shouting match on the House floor away from C-SPAN's cameras.
The Hispanic Caucus is irate that 36 Democrats voted for the Republican's Salvation Army amendment, reversing a July 26th defeat on this same issue in the House.
We can win.
Sincerely,
Jim Boulet, Jr.
Executive Director
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