In recent years, increasing attention has been paid to the use of the Russian language, and considerable efforts have been made to reduce its presence in the public sphere, writes the portal la.lv. But it seems that all is in vain.
A certain Davis is sounding the alarm on social media X: “The new 'McDonald's' in Krustkalns is looking for employees. Of course, they don't care about the laws — the requirement for knowledge of the Russian language is already stated in the handout brochures.
We offer: 1060 € (gross) and discrimination based on language. Hello, State Labor Inspectorate!”
Davis also published photographs showing the mentioned brochures:
Jaunajā Krustkalnu Macdonaldā meklē darbiniekus. Protams, nospļauties uz likumiem un jau izdales bukletos jānorāda krievu valodas spējas.
— Dāvis Viļums (@DavisVilums) May 5, 2026
Piedāvājam:
1060€ (bruto) un diskrimināciju pēc valodas.
Sveiciens @darbainspekcija un @liana_langa! pic.twitter.com/OvCNlZnTXA
The Labor Inspectorate also responded to the social media post, stating: “Good day, the information has been received and forwarded for inspection.”
In turn, a certain Janis complains: “On Friday, I witnessed the use of the Latvian language in 'McDonald's' on Ulmanis Gatve. Two employees served customers in Latvian (which is great).
As soon as the customers left, all communication between the employees was conducted in Russian. A Latvian who does not know Russian would find it impossible to work there.”
One user notes that we should be prepared for the possibility that soon Hindi and Bengali may also appear on the list of required languages.
There is also an opinion from Karlis: “It seems that knowledge of the Russian language is often required for internal communication with management or colleagues who have poor command of Latvian or do not want to speak it and expect the employee to adapt. Many Russian speakers work in the service sector, who speak little Latvian.”
As reported bb.lv, recently a major scandal in the internet bubble of Latvian nationalists was caused by the story of an 18-year-old young man who wanted to work part-time at a Circle K gas station. But he couldn't because he did not understand Russian.
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