THE CHRISTIAN POST/ Ryan Foley-
A federal court has ordered Southwest Airlines to reinstate a flight attendant the company terminated after she objected to the use of union dues to fund political causes that go against her deeply held beliefs.
In a statement released Wednesday, the National Right to Work Legal Foundation announced that the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas ordered Southwest Airlines to rehire Charlene Carter, a flight attendant the company terminated in March 2017. The National Right to Work Legal Foundation, which describes itself as “a nonprofit, charitable organization” working to “eliminate coercive union power and compulsory unionism,” provided Carter with free legal representation.
“Bags fly free with Southwest. But free speech didn’t fly at all with Southwest in this case,” stated the decision, as quoted by the National Right to Work Legal Foundation.
“The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas this week ordered Southwest and the union to give Carter the maximum amount of compensatory and punitive damages permitted under federal law, plus back-pay, and other forms of relief that a jury originally awarded following Carter’s victory in a July trial,” the advocacy group added.
Over the summer, a jury awarded Carter $5.1 million in damages after determining that the airline and the Transportation Workers Union of America chapter she belonged to unlawfully terminated her for objecting to the use of union dues to transport union officials to the far-left Women’s March. Carter, a devout Christian, did not approve of the use of her union dues to fund the march in Washington, D.C., in January 2017. Continue reading…
