SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Tesla may face a class-action lawsuit after 240 Black factory workers in California described rampant racism and discrimination at the electric automaker’s San Francisco Bay Area plant, including frequent use of racial slurs and references to the manufacturing site as a plantation or slave ship. The testimonies filed Monday in Alameda County Superior Court comes from contractors and employees who worked on the production...

A Black former Tesla assembly line worker is moving to add hundreds of workers to his 2017 lawsuit that alleged the automaker’s production floor was a “hotbed for racist behavior.” According to Bloomberg, Marcus Vaughn — the original filer — says class-action status is the right move to address Tesla’s failure to stop a “pattern and practice of race discrimination” and a hostile work environment at its factory in Fremont, California.

Automaker told Black workers to 'ignore' superiors calling them 'Buckwheat' and N-word: lawsuit

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