Major Victory – Flight Attendant Fired by Southwest Airlines for Supporting Pro-Life Beliefs Awarded $5.1 Million in Lawsuit

A former flight attendant for Southwest Airlines who claimed she was dismissed by her former employer for opposing abortion and using union dues to promote abortion-related organizations has won a $5.1 million federal lawsuit. The professing Christian Charlene Carter won her case before the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas, the nonprofit National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation said on Thursday. Carter will earn a total of $5.1 million in compensation and punitive damages from the Transportation Workers Union of America and Southwest Airlines, according to the judge’s decision. The jury found that Carter’s firing was illegal. The president of the National Right to Work Foundation, Mark Mix, said in a statement that the decision “vindicates Ms. Carter’s fundamental right to dissent from the causes and ideas that TWU union officials, who purport to “represent” Southwest…

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