The federal commission’s lawsuit is one of several alleging Tesla has allowed rampant racism against Black workers.
A federal court judge has shot down Tesla’s bid to escape a lawsuit by the federal government that alleges widespread racism at the company’s Fremont electric car factory.
Judge Jacqueline Corley, in U.S. District Court in San Francisco, noted that the commission alleged Black workers were addressed using a racial slur, that racial slurs and insults were used openly, and anti-Black graffiti, including swastikas and nooses, was scrawled on desks, elevators, bathrooms and equipment. Tesla, the commission alleged, knew about the abuse but failed to take action to end it.
The judge ruled that there was no need to identify those involved or provide dates because the commission was bringing the action on its own behalf, and was not representing particular people. Court filings and interviews by this news organization with current and former Black workers at the plant allege that racial discrimination at Tesla continued despite numerous complaints and lawsuits. A 2017 letter from Tesla CEO Elon Musk to employees, filed with the lawsuit, addressed treatment at the Fremont factory of workers he described as being part of “historically less represented” groups.
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