A California verdict orders Tesla to pay a Black former employee $137 million in damages for turning a blind eye to racism the man encountered at the firm's Silicon Valley auto plant
The TESLA logo is seen outside a dealership in the Brooklyn borough of New York City, US, on April 26, 2021.
In his lawsuit filed in 2017, Diaz said African-American employees at the factory, where his son also worked, were regularly subjected to racist epithets and derogatory imagery. Diaz alleged that, despite complaints to supervisors, Tesla took no action over the regular racist abuse. In her post, Workman downplayed the allegations of racist abuse in the lawsuit but acknowledged that at the time Diaz worked there, Tesla "was not perfect."
Workman said Tesla had responded to Diaz's complaints, firing two contractors and suspending a third."I think they are doing the same thing now: making excuses."
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