Four Nurse Pinays fired from their work(Hospital) because they were speaking Tagalog

[Rajzh_niX]

side ko hospital ani oi...rules are rules...uroy kung na.ospital ka sa japan nya wa ka kahibaw gilibak diay ka sa mga nurse kay cute imung pikoy, saon man na nimo? aw wa man jud kay wa gud ka kasabot, pero ang pagtan.aw na sa mga nurse nimo kay ilang mahindum dili imung sakit kundi imung cute nga pikoy! hahahahahha..

di na discrimination oi. sakto pud baya tong previous post somewhere here nga insulto mag.istorya'g language nga dili kasabot ang mga people around you...bisan wa ka nanglibak nila the fact nga you're covertly insulting the culture and people of that country by not speaking their language, mura'g, nganong magtrabaho paman mo didto kung di man diay ka maka.istorya anang lingwahe nila? layas nalang.

either that or naa'y nagdumot nila kay chix kaayo..maybe lang

ok ra ni kung sila sad mismo, mustorya sila sa atong language kung naa sad sila diri sa Pilipinas magtrabaho...kadaghan nila naa diri sa Pinas nga nagtrabaho tungod sa mga gipakaslan nila.....naa baya jud ta right to speak our language....and they did it during their breaktime and wala sila sa ER nagbreak....sa canteen, of course...sa ER ra implemented ang English-only Policy ug sa mga call-centers....

[silent-kill]

maau pa sa swelahan pa bayron rakag piso kong mag bisaya

[krizitoyness]

unsa man bombahan tana sila ahahaha

hahahaha ma.o sad ni 1st nakung na huna.huna.an da.. xD

[princess_nyle]

ah diretso man, wala man lang warning.....

di sad maayo ni da.

[krizitoyness]

luuya tawn sa 3rd world.. dahi lng, ana mn jud nang life.. GOD WILL HELP US

[izz2pid]

discrimination racism .mao ni ila sakit....

[yacky2006]

Filipino-Americans win US racial suit
Source: FilIpino-Americans win US racial suit - Yahoo!

Los Angeles (Philippine Daily Inquirer/ANN) - Four Filipino-American health workers, who were fired for speaking Tagalog in the workplace, have won the discrimination lawsuit they filed against the Bon Secours Health System, a hospital based in Baltimore, Maryland.

The ruling was "a big win for diversity and an important victory for Filipinos in America," said the health workers lawyer, Arnedo Valera, coexecutive director of the Washington DC-based Migrant Heritage Commission (MHC).

This is because aside from the fact that the ruling benefits all bilingual and multilingual Philippine immigrants, it is also the first time the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) came up with a ruling specific to the Filipino language, he said.

"I feel relieved, happy and thankful," said Jazziel Granada, a 30-year-old health unit coordinator who was two months pregnant when she and nurses Corina Yap, Ana Rosales and Hachelle Natano were dismissed for violating the hospital's "English-only" policy in its emergency department last year.

In a ruling dated August 16, EEOC Director Gerald Kiel said he found reasonable cause that the health workers were subjected to "unequal terms and conditions of employment, a hostile work environment, disciplinary action and discharge because of their national origin in violation of Title VII (of the Civil Rights Act of 1964)."

The Philippine health workers filed their discrimination suit in June 2010.

The EEOC is an independent federal agency that enforces laws against workplace discrimination.

"Everyone has the right to speak their own native language in the workplace so long as it does not adversely affect their job performance or put their patients' lives in danger," said Valera.

The EEOC has ordered the Bon Secours Health System to discuss a financial settlement with the health workers. The settlement may also include a demand for an apology and diversity training for management and staff, according to Valera.

Never in front of patients

In their affidavits, the health workers said they made sure they spoke English while performing their work and only spoke Tagalog to each other during breaks.

Natano, one of the nurses, recalled in her affidavit that she had once been reprimanded for replying "Salamat po, doc" (Thank you, Dr.) to a Filipino physician, who had offered her food, speaking to her in Tagalog.

"During patient care, we did not talk Tagalog in front of the patient. There was no incident reported that talking in Tagalog could cause harm to our patients or our coworkers," said Granada.

After she lost her job, Granada was forced to return to the Philippines because it became more difficult for her to find a job as a health unit coordinator because of her pregnancy. She is now back in Baltimore and has given birth to a boy who is now 9 months old.

Fight for rights

Rosales said she felt both anger and sadness at being arbitrarily fired.

"I treated patients with compassion, love and care... I never compromised the safety of my patients by speaking Tagalog," she said in her affidavit.

Rosales said she lost the medical insurance for herself and her four children, and she had a hard time finding another nursing job.

"With the economic crisis we're facing right now, most hospitals have a hiring freeze," she added.

"I was crying on the way home," recalled Yap. "I didn't know how (to tell) my family because I paid most of the bills." She fell behind on her mortgage payments and nearly lost the family home to foreclosure.

"There were nurses in the ER who committed mistakes that put the lives of their patients in danger but they're still there because they're Caucasian," Yap added.

Yap said she hoped their victory would serve as "an inspiration not only to Filipinos but also to other immigrants whose primary language is not English."

"I know that we did the right thing-to speak up and fight for our rights," she said.

Victory against discrimination

The New York-based National Alliance for Filipino Concerns (Nafcon) said the ruling was "a victory for all Filipino-Americans," praising the health workers, Valera and the MHC for courageously pursuing justice for the health workers.

The California Nurses Association (CNA) and the National Nurses United (NNU) described it as an important victory in the fight against discrimination.

"Discrimination still exists and we have to remain vigilant in protecting our rights," said Zenei Cortez, CNA/NNU copresident.

The NNU has close to 160,000 members in every state and is the largest union and professional association of registered nurses in the United States.

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good thing they won!

[balipseyev]

Nice, hope they get their financial settlement/compensation...

[emorain]

great to hear that the US Government is being fair nowadays,
Some Caucasians think that when you have a brown skin, you're just like an animal and yet they have Tanning Machines.. Hypocrisy at its best!
They even laugh about our language,
Racial Discrimination at its peak!