Again, we are NOT debating whether or not they should speak English in the fulfillment of their jobs—they are expected to, and they do.
The debate is whether two natural Spanish speakers should be “forced” to speak only English in the bathroom, break room, parking lot, etc. when they are on their own time and off the clock.
To expect them to is unenforceable. And it just leads to more problems. It’s crap thinking like this that sends these employees right into the hands of big unions.
Address them angrily in Russian, or Japanese...or make up your own language.
“The debate is whether two natural Spanish speakers should be “forced” to speak only English in the bathroom, break room, parking lot, etc. when they are on their own time and off the clock.”
Employees are never off the clock when on premise. Maybe they are not getting paid at the moment, but that does not mean they get to refuse to abide by property owner rules.