Lawsuit: At Tesla, racial discrimination is "standard operating procedure"
Tesla is facing a new racial discrimination lawsuit filed by 15 factory employees who allege that Tesla's "standard operating procedures include blatant, open, and unmitigated race discrimination." Racial harassment and discrimination is "rampant" at Tesla, and the company has "done little to nothing to reasonably prevent or stop this toxic behavior and work environment," the lawsuit says.
The plaintiffs include nine men and six women who work or worked at Tesla factories in California. About half of the plaintiffs were either fired or quit, while the rest still work at Tesla.
"Plaintiffs, who [are] African-American employees, have been subjected to offensive racist comments and offensive racist behavior and discipline by colleagues, leads, supervisors, managers, and/or Human Resources personnel on a daily basis," the complaint says. The complaint alleges that an April 2021 incident at Tesla CEO Elon Musk's home led to one of the plaintiffs being fired on the same day.
The complaint seeks financial damages and was filed Thursday in Alameda County Superior Court. "Throughout their employment with Tesla, plaintiffs were targeted for harassment on the basis of their race. The harassment included being called [variations of the n-word], 'Boy' and other racially derogatory terms on a regular basis as well as observing other employees enduring the same treatment," the complaint says. One plaintiff who worked at Tesla's Fremont factory for one month in 2022 alleged that the "harassment included the use of the terms 'Blackies' or 'Darkies' to address African-American workers."
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2022/07/lawsuit-at-tesla-racial-discrimination-is-standard-operating-procedure/
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