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Musk's Tesla settles lawsuit with Black worker who claimed employees were told 'welcome to the plantation'
Elon Musk’s Tesla has settled a racial discrimination lawsuit after a Black employee sued the company, alleging a manager sometimes greeted her by saying “welcome to the plantation” and “welcome to the slave house.”
Employee Raina Pierce, who installed latches on car doors at Tesla’s Fremont, California plant, finalized a settlement agreement with the automaker on Thursday, according to a filing in San Francisco federal court. Terms of the agreement remain unknown.
Pierce says she faced harassment, was called a gender-based insult and saw racial slurs scrawled on bathroom walls. Pierce also said she was yelled at and disciplined for behaviors that her non-Black coworkers were not.
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