Robert Pierre and Jon LeFranc are assembly line workers employed by Manufacturing Inc., a manufacturing company in Dayton, Ohio. Robert and Jon are good friends as they grew up in the same town in France. Both are fluent in French and often converse in their native tongue during their mid-morning and lunch breaks. Manufacturing has an English-only rule for the workplace. One day the assembly line supervisor enters the lunchroom and hears Robert and Jon speaking to one another in French and immediately fires both of them for violating the employer’s English-only rule. In response, Robert and Jon file a Title VII claim with the EEOC. Do they have a successful case?
Why or why not?