Southwest worker wins $1M judgment against union in religious discrimination case

(The Center Square) – Nine years after suing, a flight attendant won her case against Southwest Airlines and the Transport Workers Union after she was fired for opposing union dues being used to support pro-abortion activities. She also won $1 million in damages in a lawsuit filed by the National Right to Work Foundation.

The case involves a unanimous jury ruling, a federal judge chastising and sanctioning the airline after it wouldn’t comply with his order, and an appeal to the Fifth Circuit.

Dallas resident Charlene Carter successfully won her case in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas in July 2022 after suing the airline and TWU Local 556 in 2017. But the case didn’t end there.

Carter sued Southwest Airlines alleging it discriminated against her religious beliefs, violating Title VII of the Civil Right Act of 1964 and TWU Local 556 violated the Railway Labor Act. The jury unanimously agreed, The Center Square Read Entire Article