A bottle hung like a noose, a pizza party that excluded Black workers, and a firing
A GM factory worker has sued the automaker, alleging race and sex discrimination and retaliation.
The complaint, filed October 14, 2026 in the US District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee, claims the worker - a Black woman employed as a production group leader at General Motors' Spring Hill manufacturing facility - was treated far worse than white and male colleagues throughout her time at the plant.
GM's Spring Hill complex in Maury County is one of the automaker's largest US operations, building several Cadillac models alongside engines and stampings.
The worker started at the plant in October 2019. Her role in the General Assembly department meant overseeing shift conditions, opening work orders, handling staffing needs, coaching hourly team members, running disciplinary interviews, managing grievances, and working with union partners.
She was the only Black woman group leader in the department, the complaint states.
From there, the allegations stack up fast. The filing claims GM consistently assigned her to underperforming departments and that she was the only group leader shuffled between departments and put in charge of more than one at a time. She took on work that white and male peers did not - preparing employees for audits nobody had prepped for, managing multiple teams, and working on scheduled days off, the complaint alleges.
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