SWIFT hiring non-english speaking drivers

Why not learn to speak spanish? Seems to me.....it would have been a job requirement a long time ago. We live in a global world.

 

I dont know about you but I believe that if you come to this country you learn the #### language.

And dont give me the crap about not having an official language. While thats technically true, what language is the Constitution, Declaration of Independence etc written in? What language do Congressmen speak? What language does the president give his speeches in?

 

thanks times 1,000,000

 

Not that i'm an expert on this 1 however when i was driving OTR in the USA 5 years ago the company that had gotten H2b visa's for us blokes from Australia , New Zealand , Ireland, England , South Africa if was reported that Swift was also going to use the same mob that got us visas to to also recruit drivers from overseas for swift just before i left to go back to Australia i'd also heard that Swift had changed there minds on the recruitment and instead opted to hire from Mexico hence that might explain the spanish (mexican ) accent. At least we spoke read and wrote english , funny enough a few folks even had trouble understanding us.

 

Settle down.........just thought if we pass laws, our law enforcement would be required to be able to communicate with ALL law abiding drivers.

 

the laws are ALSO written in English. If you go to a foreign nation they don't rewrite all their laws for you just to be convenient. Find another nation that goes through the language bs we do just to seem politically correct.

 

Josh, you may have spoken with an accent, but for somebody willing to listen I am sure y'all could communicate. If not then I am willing to bet you could have fell back to writing in order to communicate.

 

Awwwwwwww.......forget it! lol I am not talking you or I, I was referring to law enforcement employees...having it be a job requirement.

 

Why should it be listed as their job requirement? Last I checked the unofficial language of this country is ENGLISH. Once again having been to Mexico, as well as Germany I have met local officials and Law Enforcement who did not speak any English. If you have a major issue you contact your consulate.

 

I strongly disagree. America is a diverse nation founded on the basis of immigration. There is no standard language. Just because the FMCSA and the FAA alike require english to be a primary spoken language, doesn't make english the primary language of the country.

If these drivers got their CDL's legally in the states, they can speak and read/write english. They are just lazy. When I worked as a warehouse lead at DHL, I dealt with these idiots all the time, and had them escorted off the property for trespassing. When you mention the words "police" or "border patrol", their english usually became loud and clear, of which I usually told them to leave the property.