Tesla workers claim anti-LGBT threats, taunts, and racial abuse in lawsuits

Exclusive: A factory worker says he was harassed for being gay. A father and son say they faced daily racial epithets. Each claims that Tesla failed to stop it

Soon after he started working on the assembly line at Tesla, Jorge Ferro said he was taunted for being gay and threatened with violence. "Watch your back," a supervisor warned after mocking his clothes for being "gay tight", Ferro said.

The harassment didn't stop after he reported it to a manager, and days after he made a second complaint, Ferro was punished, according to his account. An HR representative took away Ferro's badge, claiming that he had an "injury" that prevented him from working and saying there's "no place for handicapped people at Tesla", he alleged.