October 01, 2021
A California federal jury on Friday heard that Tesla believes it's not responsible for racial discrimination alleged in a lawsuit by a Black former subcontractor who worked at Tesla's Northern California electric vehicle factory because the staffing companies it contracts with should have trained subcontractors on its harassment policy.
September 30, 2021
A University of California psychologist told a California federal jury Thursday that pervasive racial harassment allegedly endured by a Black former subcontractor at Tesla's Northern California electric car factory likely caused him psychological injury, saying racial taunting that persisted despite his complaints engendered in him a sense of hopelessness.
September 29, 2021
A California federal jury heard tearful testimony Wednesday from a Black former Tesla subcontractor suing the electric vehicle maker for failing to stop rampant racial harassment at its Northern California factory, explaining that after he and his son were repeatedly called racial epithets at work he couldn't eat or sleep.
September 28, 2021
Former Tesla subcontractors testifying in another subcontractor's lawsuit alleging Tesla failed to stop racial discrimination at its factory gave a California federal jury a peek under the company's hood Tuesday, with one witness describing a half-hearted investigation into a racially offensive cartoon and another testifying he heard racial slurs daily.
September 27, 2021
Counsel for an ex-Tesla subcontract worker opened a California federal jury trial Monday over claims that Tesla tolerated racial discrimination and harassment against African Americans by saying that management looked the other way and calling two supervisors to testify that complaints about one co-worker's racial slurs prompted only a verbal warning.
September 24, 2021
A California federal judge sustained a Batson challenge during jury selection Friday raised by counsel for a Black ex-Tesla worker claiming that the electric vehicle company's Northern California factory was a hotbed of racial discrimination against African Americans reminiscent of the Jim Crow era.
May 11, 2020
Tesla and a former factory worker alleging racial discrimination spoke with a California federal judge Monday about whether their June trial should be pushed to September, with the parties raising concerns about what a trial in the age of COVID-19 looks like — including whether testifying witnesses would wear masks.
March 03, 2020
Tesla's staffing agency has reached a deal with workers to exit a suit alleging that the Tesla factory was a hotbed of racial discrimination against African Americans reminiscent of the Jim Crow era, according to a joint bid for dismissal filed in California federal court.
January 02, 2020
A California federal judge ordered Tesla and its staffing agencies to face trial over claims its factory was a hotbed of racial discrimination against African Americans reminiscent of the Jim Crow era, trimming some claims but allowing racial harassment allegations and the question of punitive damages to go to a jury.
September 19, 2019
CitiStaff Solutions Inc. is seeking to escape an African American man's suit alleging he faced rampant racial discrimination while working at Tesla Inc.'s California factory, insisting his bid to hold the temporary staffing company liable is "frivolous."