Tesla Class Action
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Vaughn v. Tesla, Inc. (Case Number RG17882082) is a certified class action lawsuit brought by Marcus Vaughn, Titus McCaleb, Monica Chatman, Garret Parker, and Chanel Hendrix, Black former and current employees at the Tesla factory in Fremont, California. The case alleges widespread race discrimination and harassment, including the pervasive use of racially offensive language (like the “N-word”) by associates, leads, and supervisors. The lawsuit says that despite its knowledge of such conduct, Tesla has not taken sufficient action to stop the ongoing racism in its factory. The lawsuit seeks to stop the ongoing race discrimination and harassment at Tesla’s Fremont factory, to obtain meaningful compensation for current and former Black employees who were exposed to unlawful race harassment at Tesla, and to punish Tesla for its conduct.
Tesla has failed in many attempts to end the case with multiple motions and appeals, and now, after a historic class certification by the court on May 17, 2024, faces a class-wide inquiry as to whether there was a “pattern or practice of pervasive race harassment” at the Fremont factory, whether the company “knew or should have known” about it, and whether the company failed to “take immediate and appropriate corrective action.” If the plaintiffs are successful on these questions, then the court may issue an injunction to stop Tesla’s racist practices and force it to comply with California’s Fair Employment and Housing Act. All class members who are interested will have the opportunity to assert individual claims for damages.
To assert your damages, please visit this link and click “I’m Interested!”
Read about the case:
- The Mercury News: Tesla’s Fremont car factory: Blockbuster racism lawsuit to go before a jury next year
- New York Times: Menial Tasks, Slurs and Swastikas: Many Black Workers at Tesla Say They Faced Racism
- Los Angeles Times: Black Tesla employees describe a culture of racism: ‘I was at my breaking point’
- The Mercury News: Tesla faces 5,977 Black workers in Fremont factory racism lawsuit
- Bryan Schwartz Law: Court Certifies Historic Race Harassment Class Action Against Tesla: Thousands of Black Workers at Fremont, California Factory May Participate
- Read plaintiffs’ Third Amended Complaint, which describes the racial harassment and discrimination our five plaintiffs have experienced at the Tesla Fremont factory
- Bryan Schwartz Law: Tesla Tactic to Stall Prosecution of Race Discrimination, Harassment Claims Fails at the California Supreme Court
- Impact Fund: Tesla Trounced! Court Shreds Forced Arbitration Agreement & Reaffirms Workers’ Right to Fight for the Public Good Under FEHA in Racial Discrimination Case
- Yahoo News: Appeals court allows Tesla employees’ discrimination claims to go to trial
- Vaughn v Tesla Lawsuit: Information About Class Notice From the Third-Party Administrator
- Superior Court of the State of California, County of Alameda: Vaughn et al. v. Tesla, Inc. Class Action Notice PDF
