Overview
- California Superior Court Judge Peter Borkon removed class status from a suit that had covered roughly 6,000 Black workers at Tesla’s Fremont factory.
- He ruled the case was unmanageable as a class because plaintiffs’ lawyers could not secure 200 class members to testify.
- The 2024 class certification and an April 2026 trial date were vacated with the decertification.
- Plaintiffs’ counsel says more than 500 individual lawsuits have already been filed, with plans to file over 900.
- Separate enforcement cases by the EEOC and California regulators continue, and Tesla says it does not tolerate harassment and has fired employees for racial misconduct.