Coverage dated September 27, 2023 to September 28, 2023
Federal agency sues Tesla over severe harassment of Black employees at factory
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The EEOC claims the harassment against Black employees ranged from racial slurs to swastikas and even nooses on vehicles rolling off the production line.
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Tesla has failed to investigate complaints of racist conduct and has fired or otherwise retaliated against workers who report harassment, the EEOC said in the suit.
In its complaint, the EEOC alleged that non-Black offenders at Tesla “bandied slurs and epithets openly” around high-traffic work areas around or on the vehicle production lines.
The EEOC is suing Tesla for "widespread and ongoing" racial harassment in its workplace, adding to other race discrimination legal actions against the company.
The EEOC claims the harassment against Black employees ranged from racial slurs to swastikas and even nooses on vehicles rolling off the production line.
Tesla has been tolerating racial harassment at its factory in Fremont, California since at least 2015 until today, according to the lawsuit filed by the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).
A federal anti-discrimination agency filed a lawsuit Thursday accusing Elon Musk's Tesla of allowing "pervasive" racism at its Silicon Valley car plant
