US EditionTesla sued for racial discrimination, retaliation by EEOC
- The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has filed a lawsuit accusing Tesla of subjecting Black workers to racist slurs and graffiti, while failing to address complaints and retaliating against those who reported harassment.
- The EEOC's lawsuit, which follows failed settlement talks, seeks compensatory and punitive damages for Black workers, as well as an order for Tesla to revamp its discrimination and retaliation policies. Tesla also faces similar claims from the California Civil Rights Department.
- This lawsuit adds to the growing number of race discrimination cases against Tesla, including a class action by workers at the Fremont plant and a lawsuit by a California civil rights agency.
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The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) filed a lawsuit against Tesla, accusing the automaker of violating federal law by tolerating widespread racial harassment and...
Tesla sued for racial bigotry against black workers in US
"Every employee deserves to have their civil rights respected, and no worker should endure the kind of shameful racial bigotry our investigation revealed," said EEOC Chair Charlotte A. Burrows. The lawsuit makes clear that no company is above the law, and the EEOC will vigorously enforce federal civil rights protections to help ensure American workplaces are free from unlawful harassment and retaliation, Burrows added.
Tesla Sued For "Pervasive Racial Harassment" Of Black Workers At Its Fremont Factory
Tesla Sued For "Pervasive Racial Harassment" Of Black Workers At Its Fremont Factory Tesla is once again being sued over discrimination, though this time not from one of its former employees. In keeping with what appears to be an ongoing trend of the government harassing Elon Musk, this week a Federal anti-discrimination agency called The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed suit against the company, alleging the “pervasive racial haras…
U.S. anti-discrimination agency sues Tesla over 'pervasive' racism
A federal anti-discrimination agency filed a lawsuit Thursday accusing Elon Musk's Tesla of allowing "pervasive" racism at its Silicon Valley car plant and retaliating against Black workers who opposed such abuse.Black workers at Tesla's factory in Fremont, California, have routinely endured stereotyping, racial insults and hostility since at least 2015, according to the suit filed in federal court by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.…
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