Tesla settles black employee’s lawsuit alleging rampant harassment at Calif. plant

Tesla has settled a group favoritism suit by a achromatic female worker who claimed a head astatine its Fremont, Calif., works sometimes greeted workers by saying “welcome to nan plantation” aliases “welcome to nan enslaved house.”

Raina Pierce, who installed latches connected car doors, and nan automaker led by billionaire Elon Musk agreed to a colony projected by a mediator, according to a associated filing connected Thursday successful San Francisco national court.

Terms were not disclosed, and some sides are finalizing a colony agreement, nan filing said.

Raina Pierce, who installed latches connected car doors astatine nan Fremont, Calif., plant, and Tesla agreed to a colony projected by a mediator. Getty Images

Lawyers for Pierce and Tesla did not instantly respond to requests for comment. Musk is not a defendant.

Pierce said she was subjected to pervasive harassment, including a communal group slur she said was scrawled passim nan works including successful bathrooms, and a gender-based insult.

She besides said she was yelled astatine aliases disciplined for behaviour for which non-black workers were excused.

Pierce’s title quotes a Tesla worker who temporarily joined her accumulation statement and said, “Ma’am, you request to spell to HR because these leads are saying things astir you that are not right.”

Tesla has faced different accusations of group favoritism and harassment astatine nan Fremont plant.

One plaintiff, elevator usability Owen Diaz, settled in March 2024 for undisclosed position aft a $3.2 cardinal assemblage verdict. Another assemblage had awarded Diaz $137 cardinal successful 2021, but nan lawsuit was retried aft he rejected a little sum nan judge proposed.

The lawsuit is Pierce v Tesla Inc et al, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California, No. 22-03177.