A former Tesla employee has filed a racial discrimination and wrongful termination lawsuit against the electric car manufacturer, alleging co-workers mocked his PTSD and the company subjected him to harassment and retaliation.
FREMONT — A former Tesla employee has filed a racial discrimination and wrongful termination lawsuit against Tesla, alleging employees mocked his PTSD and the company subjected him to harassment and retaliation for reporting safety violations.
According to the 62-page lawsuit filed in Alameda County Superior Court, Cage’s PTSD was triggered by a co-worker’s ringtone which was similar to alarms that warn of rocket or mortar attacks in Afghanistan. Cage was called “boy” and also saw “swastikas and prominent displays of the n-word” at the Fremont plant, similar to thoseThe lawsuit describes one instance involving an expense report for groceries where a supervisor invoked a racist trope by writing in the comments “This is $160 for a bbq?”
In one instance, Cage informed his superiors of a welding repair of a high pressure line that did not follow proper procedures.
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