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Tesla Slapped With Lawsuit Alleging Racial Abuse Of Black Workers
- By The Financial District
- Jul 2, 2022
- 2 min read
Fifteen Black former or current Tesla employees filed a complaint against the electric vehicle firm on Thursday (Friday, July 1, 2022, in Manila), citing racial discrimination and harassment at the company's factory, according to Reuters' Hyunjoo Jin.
Photo Insert: The incidents allegedly took place in Tesla's Fremont, California factory.
According to the lawsuit filed in a California state court, the workers said they were frequently the target of inappropriate racist remarks and actions by coworkers, managers, and human resources personnel.
The lawsuit added that the automaker's "standard operating procedures include blatant, open and unmitigated race discrimination," and that the harassment mostly took place at Tesla's Fremont, California factory. It alleged that the harassment included using the terms "nigger," "slavery," or "plantation," as well as making sexual remarks like "likes booty."
According to the lawsuit, some of the plaintiffs were denied promotions or given jobs that required the most physical labor at Tesla. It claimed that after taking a permitted leave of absence due to contracting COVID-19, Montieco Justice, a manufacturing associate at Tesla's Fremont factory, was instantly demoted upon returning to Tesla.
At least ten lawsuits have been filed against the manufacturer, including one from a California civil rights organization, alleging widespread sexual harassment and racial discrimination.
Tesla claims to have measures in place to prevent and resolve workplace misbehavior and has previously denied wrongdoing.
On Monday, a federal judge in California ordered a new trial on the damages Tesla owes to a Black former factory worker who accused the company of race discrimination after he turned down a $15 million award.
A Tesla shareholder has also filed a lawsuit this month, accusing Elon Musk, the company's CEO, and the board of directors of promoting a poisonous workplace atmosphere and ignoring employee complaints.
