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While many Silicon Valley tech companies have released their diversity statistics, Tesla hasn’t. The company has more than 33,000 employees globally, with over 10,000 in the Fremont factory alone, and hires many temporary and contract workers. Photo: Reuters San Francisco:  Tesla Inc. posted a lengthy rebuttal to a lawsuit alleging racist behaviour at one of its factories, saying the company is “absolutely against any form of discrimination, harassment or unfair treatment.” The blog post, published late Tuesday, is a fiery response to a complaint filed Monday by Marcus Vaughn, an African-American worker at Tesla’s Fremont, California, factory from April until October. He alleged the plant was a “hotbed” of racism, where black workers suffered severe and pervasive harassment. Vaughn said he’s one of more than 100 black workers at the factory and is seeking permission from a judge to sue on behalf of the group. While many Silicon Valley tech companies have released their ...

Tesla has hit back at a  class-action lawsuit  that alleges its Fremont, California manufacturing plant is a “hotbed for racist behavior.” Filed earlier this week by Marcus Vaughn, who worked at the plant from April to October, the suit claims that Tesla failed to investigate a human resources complaint by Vaughn after repeatedly being called the “n-word” by managers and coworkers. Instead, Vaughn says he was fired in October for “not having a positive attitude.” In a post on Tesla’s blog titled “Hotbed of Misinformation,” the company claims that Vaughn’s lawsuit has “a number of false statements.” This is at least the third lawsuit filed against Tesla that claims it has not done enough to address racial harassment at its Fremont factory. Tesla says it investigated “disappointing behavior” among people who worked on or near Vaughn’s team several months ago, which involved “conflicting accusations and counter-accusations between several African-American and Hispanic ind...