Rocket maker SpaceX and its CEO Elon Musk were sued on Wednesday (June 12) by eight engineers who say they were illegally fired for raising concerns about alleged sexual harassment and discrimination against women.
The SpaceX logo is shown on a Falcon 9 rocket as it is prepared for launch to carry Nasa's SpaceX Crew-8 astronauts Matthew Dominick, Michael Barratt, and Jeanette Epps, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin to the International Space Station at the Kennedy Space Center, in Cape Canaveral, Florida, US, on March 2, 2024.
The lawsuit says Musk's conduct fostered a "pervasively sexist culture" at SpaceX where female engineers were routinely subjected to harassment and sexist comments and their concerns about workplace culture were ignored. Senior engineers, for example, used euphemisms for sexual acts and male genitals to describe rocket components, according to the lawsuit.
"We hope that this lawsuit encourages our colleagues to stay strong and to keep fighting for a better workplace," she said.
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