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Tesla Sued by California Over ‘Rampant Racism’ at Factory
- Civil rights regulator cites evidence of segregated workplace
- Company calls suit ‘misguided,’ will seek to pause case
The Tesla assembly plant in Fremont, California.
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California’s civil rights regulator sued Tesla Inc. for racial discrimination and harassment after finding a widespread pattern of mistreatment of Black workers at the electric car-maker’s factory near San Francisco.
During a three-year investigation, the state’s Department of Fair Employment and Housing said it received complaints from hundreds of workers and found evidence that Tesla’s Fremont plant is a “racially segregated workplace.”