Former Tesla worker sues company alleging abuse 'reminiscent of the Jim Crow Era'
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Kaylen Barker, a Black woman who worked at a Tesla manufacturing plant, filed a lawsuit this week in California claiming that the automaker tolerates "rampant acts of racism" in its factories.
Barker's lawsuit describes a series of escalating racist encounters in 2021 that the automaker allegedly ignored until a coworker threw a "hot tool" at her while calling her a racial slur and using derogatory language. The encounter left Barker with a bruise and she continues to suffer "emotional distress, humiliation, shame and embarrassment," according to the lawsuit.
The offending employee was then fired, but rehired approximately two weeks later, according to the lawsuit. Barker worked at a Tesla factory in Lathrop, California, the lawsuit says.
Congress returns this week to a slew of bitter political fights and the threat of another government shutdown at the end of the month — all while facing high stakes as President Donald Trump and GOP leaders attempt to unify their fractured party in a midterm year.
An emboldened President Donald Trump declared Sunday night that the US is “in charge” of Venezuela after detaining President Nicolas Maduro in a military raid over the weekend, as he issued stark warnings to other countries that they could be next.
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