Black ex-Tesla worker awarded almost $137 million for racial abuse including being subjected to "N-word"
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A jury agreed that Owen Diaz suffered abuse in the electric carmaker's San Francisco Bay area plant, including being subjected to the "N-word." It wasn't the first such suit against Tesla.
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Diaz told the court colleagues used epithets, told him to “go back to Africa” and left racist graffiti in the restrooms and a racist drawing in his workspace.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Tesla Inc. must pay nearly $137 million to a Black former worker who said he suffered racial abuse at the electric carmaker's San
Tesla Inc. subjected a Black former worker to a racially hostile work environment and failed to take reasonable steps to prevent him from being racially harassed, a federal jury found Monday.
Owen Diaz, an elevator operator from 2015 to 2016, said in his lawsuit that he and others were called the N-word by Tesla employees and that he was told to "go back to Africa."
A jury agreed that Owen Diaz suffered abuse in the electric carmaker's San Francisco Bay area plant, including being subjected to the "N-word." It wasn't the first such suit against Tesla.
A US court has ruled in favor of a Black former employee who was subjected to racial abuse by his colleagues, ordering he be paid an unprecedented $130 million in damages.
Published by AFP A US jury awarded a former Tesla employee $137 million over workplace racism at the electric car maker's Fremont plant San Francisco (AFP) – A jury in California on Monday ordered Tesla to pay a Black former employee $137 million in damages for turning a blind eye to racism the man …
A Black former employee of Tesla will receive nearly $137 million from the company after he was subjected to racially motivated abuse at a California factory.
Tesla has been ordered to pay more than $136 million in damages to a black former worker after a federal jury found that Elon Musk's company had subjected the employee to a racially hostile work environment and failed to take appropriate steps to prevent him from being harassed.
By Chris Isidore, CNN Business A former worker at Tesla’s Fremont, California, factory was subjected to a racially hostile workplace, according to a federal jury, which awarded him $136.9 million in damages Monday.
A federal jury found Tesla guilty of creating a racially hostile work environment at Fremont and failing to take reasonable steps to prevent racial harassment.
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