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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
Technology
Kari Paul in San Francisco

Black workers accused Tesla of racism for years. Now California is stepping in

Tesla workers in red shirts and black pants work on the assembly line at the automaker's factory.
Workers at Tesla’s factory in Fremont, California, told of racist graffiti found in factory common areas. Photograph: Noah Berger/Reuters

For Black employees at Tesla’s flagship California plant, coming into work could mean being harassed, bullied by a supervisor or finding racist graffiti sprayed on factory walls.

That’s according to a new lawsuit filed by California’s Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH), which alleges that Black workers in the company’s Fremont factory experienced “rampant racism” that the company left “unchecked for years”.

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