Tesla must face racism class action from 6,000 Black workers, judge rules | Black factory workers can sue Tesla collectively; trial set for October 2024.

BearOfaTime , 3 months ago

Well, then, Tesla just won.

Class actions always benefit the defendant (and lawyers). When's the last time individuals in a class-action saw more than $5?

bassomitron , 3 months ago

If they win, I have a hard time believing Tesla would only be fined $30,000. With only 6000 workers, the settlement could be a decent amount.

NegativeInf , 3 months ago

Here's hoping the lawyers don't take the lion's share of it.

laurelraven , 3 months ago

BS. If this were true, companies would do everything in their power to allow class actions but they don't, they frequently make employees sign away the right to do so

autotldr Bot , 3 months ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:

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The tentative ruling from Alameda County Superior Court "certifies a class defined as the specific approximately 5,977 persons self-identified as Black/African-American who worked at Tesla during the class period from November 9, 2016, through the date of the entry of this order to prosecute the claims in the complaint."

An amended complaint in 2017 alleged that Tesla "created an intimidating, hostile, and offensive work environment for Black and/or African-American employees that includes a routine use of the terms 'N*r' and 'Na' and other racially derogatory terms, and racist treatment and images at Tesla’s production facility in Fremont, California."

Anyone not on the list "may if they wish seek individual remedies through filing civil actions, through arbitration, or otherwise," the ruling said.

A class-action trial is scheduled to begin on October 14, 2024, the same day as a separate case against Tesla brought by the California Civil Rights Department (CRD).

As Wise's ruling noted, "The CRD has filed and is pursuing a parallel law enforcement action that is alleging a pattern and practice of failing to prevent discrimination and harassment and seeking an injunction that would require Tesla to institute policies and procedures that will do a better job of preventing and redressing discrimination and harassment at Tesla.

In the class action, plaintiffs submitted "declarations from 240 persons who stated that they observed discrimination or harassment at the Tesla Fremont facility and that some complained about it," Wise wrote.

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