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Lawyers say Black employees at Tesla experienced ‘rampant racism’ that was left unchecked for years at their flagship factory in CaliforniaDozens of Black employees at Tesla’s flagship plant in California said they were subject to racist slurs, unequal pay and promotions, and bullying by supervisors on a daily basis, a situation management did little to nothing to fix.Their complaints form the basis of a lawsuit brought against the Elon Musk-owned electric car company by the state of California, which began trial with opening statements on Monday. <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/sep/21/black-employees-accuse-tesla-fostering-discrimination" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a>

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