Chief forced to step in to protect worker ’s right to speak Mi’kmaq(fwd link)

[Phillip E Cash Cash]

Chief forced to step in to protect worker’s right to speak Mi’kmaq

Published on August 5th, 2010
Staff ~ The Cape Breton Post
Quebec

MEMBERTOU — It was the kind of memo to staff that Chief Terry Paul thought
he would never have to write.

In a directive issued last week, Paul and his council instructed all staff
that speaking Mi’kmaq was not only acceptable but encouraged at all
enterprises operated by the band council.

The memo further states that no employee shall be disciplined or in any way
chastized for speaking their native language and that all staff has a
responsibility to help preserve the language.

The memo was sent in reaction to a somewhat shocking incident at the band’s
Membertou Market in which a non-native manager instructed workers not to
speak Mi’kmaq while on the job.

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http://www.capebretonpost.com/News/Local/2010-08-05/article-1653785/Chief-forced-to-step-in-to-protect-worker%26rsquo%3Bs-right-to-speak-Mi%26rsquo%3Bkmaq/1
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