Sometimes the manager at Tesla’s electric car factory in Fremont would greet employees with “Welcome to the plantation,” and sometimes he would say, “Welcome to the slave house,” a lawsuit by a Black employee claims.
The lawsuit filed Friday by a female current Tesla worker follows a slew of other suits against Tesla — including a civil-rights action by the state of California — alleging the company failed to properly respond to widespread racism in its facilities.
Raina Pierce started working in production at the Fremont plant in January 2021, installing latches onto car doors, according to her suit filed in Alameda County Superior Court. “Tesla’s facilities contain the n-word throughout,” with the slur often preceded by the f-word, the suit claimed. Supervisors referred to Pierce using the n-word and a gender-based insult, the suit alleged.
