Black workers allege rampant racism at Tesla factory
The workers allege frequent use of racial slurs and references to the manufacturing site as a plantation or slave ship.
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The workers allege frequent use of racial slurs and references to the manufacturing site as a plantation or slave ship.
Workers at the electric automaker’s San Francisco Bay Area plant described frequent use of racial slurs and references to the manufacturing site as a plantation or slave ship. The declarations were filed Monday in Alameda County Superior Court as part of a 2017 lawsuit filed by a former Tesla worker
Tesla may face a class-action lawsuit after 240 Black factory workers in California described rampant racism and discrimination.
Hundreds in the automaker's Fremont factory allege racism, including references to the site as a plantation or slave ship.
Black workers have alleged of facing rampant racism and even derogatory remark during their tenure at Tesla's California-based factory. They have also asked for a class-action from the company