Monday, May 06, 2002
FL Government Worker Fired for Not Learning Spanish
Miami's WSVN-TV carried a story last week on how a government employee, Zita Wilensky, was fired for failing to learn Spanish. During her time as an employee of the Miami-Dade Domestic Violence Unit, "I was referred to as the gringa, the Americana." She was told she had to speak Spanish in the office and given 60 days to learn. After 30 days her boss disguised her voice and called her. According to a county document, Zita was fired for transferring the call to the clerk's office.
Despite Zita's protests, after 16 years with the county, she was fired and replaced by a Hispanic. Miami-Dade County officials deny Zita was fired because she was an Anglo and deny she was required to speak Spanish. Her boss just requested that she learn Spanish. But Zita has a letter from her boss which says it's a necessity that she speaks Spanish.
You can to demand Zita Wilensky be rehired by contacting the Mayor of Miami-Dade County, Alex Penelas, by e-mail at mayor@miamidade.gov or by fax at (305) 375-3618. His mailing address is: Office of the Mayor, Stephen P. Clark Center, 111 N.W. 1st Street, 29th Floor, Miami, Florida 33128. If you would prefer to call Mayor Penelas, his telephone number is (305) 375-5071.
You might say: "Zita Wilensky was unfairly treated by her boss and unjustly fired. Please see to it that she is rehired and properly compensated."
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