Southwest Airlines Fights in Court to Fire Pro-Life Flight Attendant
January 10, 2023 | Texas
Southwest Airlines wants a new trial after a federal judge determined that the company discriminated against one of its flight attendants because of her pro-life Christian beliefs.
The Epoch Times reports the company requested a new trial in paperwork filed Jan. 2, claiming the federal judge and jury made mistakes when they ruled in favor of Charlene Carter last summer.
Carter worked as a flight attendant at Southwest for nearly 21 years. In 2017, she was fired after sharing her pro-life beliefs on Facebook and speaking out against the Transportation Workers Union of America (TWU) Local 556 spending members’ dues on pro-abortion activities.
In July, a federal district court in Dallas, Texas awarded her $5.1 million. The company also is required to give Carter back her job.
This week, however, The Epoch Times learned that the company is not giving up the legal battle.
“It’s kind of interesting that Southwest Airlines wants to go ahead and bring this up again … they’ve had a pretty bad ‘media month,’ if you ask me,” said Mark Mix, president of the National Right to Work Foundation, whose lawyers represent Carter…. (Excerpt from LIFENEWS.COM)
