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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSurvivor of Afghanistan Bombings: Working for Tesla Was Hell
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Brooke Leigh Howard
Reporter
Updated Mar. 18, 2022 4:05PM ET
A Black Tesla worker claims management at the electric car giant did nothing when white employees harassed and bullied him at work, including exploiting his grief after he was traumatized by deadly explosions while working as a government contractor in Afghanistan.
According to a lawsuit filed in February, Marcellous Cage worked as a contracted project manager for the Department of Defense and as a quality field manager with an engineering firm in Afghanistan prior to his employment with Tesla. He experienced severe explosions in Afghanistan, which was an active war zone at the time.
As reported by The San Jose Mercury News on Friday, Cage alleges his colleagues were aware of his Afghanistan experience, and used it to taunt him. While working in the companys Nevada factory, Cage says he noticed dangerous welding conditions that could have led to shrapnel explosions. He says the situation made him uncomfortable because it reminded him of being seriously injured in Afghanistan blasts but when he alerted management to over 200 safety violations at the site, the company did nothing. . . .
Tesla has been under fire as of late for its treatment of Black employees. Former employee Kaylen Barker alleges the company ignored her complaints about mistreatment reminiscent of the Jim Crow Era at its California factory. In January, former worker Shanel Dicksonalso in Californiasued the company and her supervisor for alleged racial and gender discrimination and sexual harassment. A class-action lawsuit was filed in 2017 because its Fremont location was a hotbed for racist behavior.
Brooke Leigh Howard
Reporter
Updated Mar. 18, 2022 4:05PM ET
A Black Tesla worker claims management at the electric car giant did nothing when white employees harassed and bullied him at work, including exploiting his grief after he was traumatized by deadly explosions while working as a government contractor in Afghanistan.
According to a lawsuit filed in February, Marcellous Cage worked as a contracted project manager for the Department of Defense and as a quality field manager with an engineering firm in Afghanistan prior to his employment with Tesla. He experienced severe explosions in Afghanistan, which was an active war zone at the time.
As reported by The San Jose Mercury News on Friday, Cage alleges his colleagues were aware of his Afghanistan experience, and used it to taunt him. While working in the companys Nevada factory, Cage says he noticed dangerous welding conditions that could have led to shrapnel explosions. He says the situation made him uncomfortable because it reminded him of being seriously injured in Afghanistan blasts but when he alerted management to over 200 safety violations at the site, the company did nothing. . . .
Tesla has been under fire as of late for its treatment of Black employees. Former employee Kaylen Barker alleges the company ignored her complaints about mistreatment reminiscent of the Jim Crow Era at its California factory. In January, former worker Shanel Dicksonalso in Californiasued the company and her supervisor for alleged racial and gender discrimination and sexual harassment. A class-action lawsuit was filed in 2017 because its Fremont location was a hotbed for racist behavior.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/tesla-employee-marcellous-cage-says-colleagues-taunted-him-over-afghanistan-explosions-lawsuit-says
At this point the racism at these facilities is not a big but a feature.
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Survivor of Afghanistan Bombings: Working for Tesla Was Hell (Original Post)
rogue emissary
Mar 2022
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There's multiple racial and at least one suit of sexual harassment against Tesla.
rogue emissary
Mar 2022
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Maraya1969
(22,441 posts)1. This is the second situation I've read about. It needs to be checked out.
rogue emissary
(3,147 posts)2. There's multiple racial and at least one suit of sexual harassment against Tesla.