{"id":1570426,"date":"2022-07-25T18:21:11","date_gmt":"2022-07-25T22:21:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1570426"},"modified":"2022-07-25T18:21:16","modified_gmt":"2022-07-25T22:21:16","slug":"federal-government-launches-systemic-racism-probe-into-tesla","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/federal-government-launches-systemic-racism-probe-into-tesla\/","title":{"rendered":"Federal Government Launches Systemic Racism Probe Into Tesla"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffederal-government-launches-systemic-racism-probe-into-tesla%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1570426&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/eeoc\">EEOC<\/a>) issued a reasonable cause finding to automaker <a href=\"http:\/\/dailywire.com\/topic\/tesla\">Tesla<\/a> over <a href=\"http:\/\/dailywire.com\/topic\/systemic-racism\">systemic racism<\/a> allegations, according to a recent filing from the company.<\/p>\n<p>In February, California\u2019s Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dfeh.ca.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2022\/02\/TeslaPR2.10.22.pdf\">said<\/a> that it had received hundreds of complaints from African-American workers who claimed they had been segregated \u201cto the lowest levels of the workforce\u201d at the company and lacked representation \u201cin the ranks of executives, senior officials, and managers.\u201d Tesla\u2019s most recent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sec.gov\/Archives\/edgar\/data\/1318605\/000095017022012936\/tsla-20220630.htm\">filing<\/a> with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) indicated that the EEOC had issued a finding that \u201cclosely parallels\u201d allegations from the state of California.<\/p>\n<p>Tesla will begin the \u201cmandatory pre-filing conciliation process\u201d with the EEOC, according to the document, by which the company will potentially <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eeoc.gov\/laws\/guidance\/what-you-should-know-eeoc-conciliation-and-litigation\">engage<\/a> in a mutual resolution with the alleged victims of discrimination.<\/p>\n<p>Yet Tesla had formerly called the DFEH investigation \u201cmisguided\u201d and an attempt to \u201cgenerate publicity,\u201d noting that every one of the more than 50 discrimination accusations faced by Tesla over the past five years had been debunked by the DFEH.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt therefore strains credibility for the agency to now allege, after a three-year investigation, that systematic racial discrimination and harassment somehow existed at Tesla,\u201d the company said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tesla.com\/blog\/dfehs-misguided-lawsuit\">blog post<\/a>. \u201cA narrative spun by the DFEH and a handful of plaintiff firms to generate publicity is not factual proof \u2026 Attacking a company like Tesla that has done so much good for California should not be the overriding aim of a state agency with prosecutorial authority.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The news of the federal inquiry follows the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/feds-confirm-investigation-into-elon-musk\">announcing<\/a> in May that it would investigate Musk\u2019s disclosure that he failed to disclose on time that he held more than 5% of Twitter shares. Musk has since <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/twitter-misses-earnings-forecast-blames-elon-musk\">argued<\/a> that Twitter\u2019s disclosed number of false or spam accounts is inaccurate and claimed that the company has neglected to provide him with precise information about its number of users.<\/p>\n<p>The Biden administration\u2019s Department of Energy said on Monday that it would provide General Motors (GM) with a $2.5 billion loan to finance construction of new electric battery facilities in Ohio, Tennessee, and Michigan, according to a report from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/business\/autos-transportation\/exclusive-us-energy-department-set-loan-gm-battery-joint-venture-25-bln-2022-07-25\/\">Reuters<\/a>. President Joe Biden has frequently lauded GM and Ford amid their efforts to expand electric vehicle offerings \u2014 yet has consistently decided to turn a blind eye to Tesla, the world\u2019s largest electric vehicle automaker.<\/p>\n<p>Former White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki hinted at Tesla\u2019s lack of unionization last year when she was asked why the company did not receive an invitation to an electric vehicle <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/joe-bidens-electric-vehicle-summit-excludes-tesla\">summit<\/a> in which Ford and GM participated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWell, we, of course, welcome the efforts of all automakers who recognize the potential of an electric vehicle future and support efforts that will help reach the president\u2019s goal. And certainly, Tesla is one of those companies,\u201d Psaki said. \u201cToday, it\u2019s the three largest employers of the United Auto Workers, and the UAW president who will stand with President Biden as he announces his ambitious new target, but I would not expect this is the last time we talk about clean cars, the move toward electric vehicles, and we look forward to having a range of partners in that effort.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Nevertheless, GM recently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/biden-praised-gm-over-tesla-now-gm-is-moving-jobs-to-mexico\">announced<\/a> that it plans to manufacture the battery-powered 2024 Chevrolet Blazer in Ramos Arizpe, Mexico, where the gas-powered version of the car is presently assembled.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued a reasonable cause finding to automaker Tesla over systemic racism allegations, according to a recent filing from the company. In February, California\u2019s Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) said that it had received hundreds of complaints from African-American workers who claimed they had been segregated \u201cto the &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1526635,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1570426","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1570426","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1570426"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1570426\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1526635"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1570426"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1570426"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1570426"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}