US anti-discrimination agency sues Tesla over ‘pervasive’ racism
A FEDERAL anti-discrimination agency filed a lawsuit on Thursday accusing Elon Musk’s Tesla of allowing “pervasive” racism at its Silicon Valley car plant and retaliating against Black workers who opposed such abuse.
Black workers at Tesla’s factory in Fremont, California, have routinely endured stereotyping, racial insults and hostility since at least 2015, according to the suit filed in federal court by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
Tesla “subjected Black employees at its manufacturing facilities in Fremont, California... to severe or pervasive racial harassment and created and maintained a hostile work environment because of their race,” the lawsuit said.
“The racial misconduct was frequent, ongoing, inappropriate, unwelcome and occurred across all shifts, departments and positions,” the commission said.
Tesla did not respond to a request for comment.