Six black former employees have filed a lawsuit against a New Jersey solar energy company for racism and discrimination, claiming the n-word and racist comments were made on a daily basis and workers were fired if they complained.
The lawsuit against Momentum Solar - the number two energy company in the nation - was filed on Monday in New York by the employees represented by Wigdor LLP.
The lawsuit claims that the solar panel company, which has more than 1,200 employees and rakes in over $100million in revenue per year, has created a work environment 'permeated with vile racism' at its New York-based warehouse.
Workers allegedly made racist jokes daily, openly used the n-word, while black employees were paid less and given less opportunities than their co-workers. Anyone that complained was subsequently fired, according to the lawsuit.
Six black former employees of Momentum Solar are suing the company for racism and discrimination at their New York warehouse
The energy company that specializes in solar panels is accused of allowing a culture of racism and discrimination where racist jokes were used daily, the n-word was said openly, and black employees were allegedly paid less and offered less opportunities
Three workers are named in the suit - a foreman and two heads of operations at the New York warehouse.
The lawsuit alleges that foreman Adam Murawski used the n-word in front of his employees and directed it towards black employees.
On one occasion he said that work on a project didn't go as planned because it was 'n****red up'. One white employee heard Murawski refer to a broken table as 'n*****ed'.
He was also heard referring to himself, a white employee, and a black employee as 'two and a half people', an allusion to the slavery-era three-fifths compromise that deemed slaves as 60 percent the value of a free person.
On another occasion he further criticized the project to a black employee saying, 'This [project] is a clusterf**k. It is a n****r like you'.
On one occasion when an employee complained that Murawski called him the demeaning term 'boy', Murawski allegedly replied, 'I don't give a f**k about how a n****r thinks.
Murawski also allegedly drives a car with a bumper sticker that says, 'This is OUR America - Get the F**k Out!'
The New York warehouse was run by white and Indian head of operations Rajan Silberman from December 2017 to April 2018 who made these Facebook posts allegedly after black employees complained about discrimination
The lawsuit states that white
