Columbia University accused of banning cafeteria workers from speaking Spanish
*The university says the issue stems from one complaint made by a foreign exchange student. As of this past weekend there were 4,000 signatures on the petition. VL
A Columbia University student-led petition drive alleges that the Ivy League institution discourages workers in dining areas on campus from speaking Spanish in front of students.
The petition drive, organized by the campus activist group Student Worker Solidarity, says that the executive director of Columbia Dining Services mentioned the ban on Spanish speaking during an orientation session in 2013.
Columbia University officials say there is no institutional policy forbidding workers from speaking a particular language.
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