‘An abusive workplace for Black employees’: Tesla can’t shake lawsuit alleging workers were targeted with racial slur in hostile factory atmosphere

Background: Models of the new energy vehicle series are being displayed at a Tesla store in Shanghai, China, on March 26, 2024. (Photo by Costfoto/NurPhoto via AP)/Inset: Tesla and SpaceX

Background: Models of the new energy vehicle series are being displayed at a Tesla store in Shanghai, China, on March 26, 2024. (Photo by Costfoto/NurPhoto via AP). Inset: Tesla and SpaceX’s CEO Elon Musk looks on during an event with Britain’s Prime Minister Rishi Sunak in London, Nov. 2, 2023. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, Pool, File)

Tesla’s attempt to shoo away litigation alleging the company fueled a hostile work environment for its Black employees, including subjecting them to racial slurs and even the placement of nooses in their workspace, was rejected by a federal judge in California.

U.S. District Judge Jaqueline Scott Corley, an appointee of President Joe Biden, issued the decision on March 29, writing over 18 pages that despite Tesla’s “awareness of racial misconduct” it failed to investigate Black employees’ complaints or implement any new policies at its Fremont, California, factory to stop the alleged harassment.

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