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Southwest Issues Anti-Discrimination Statement To Resolve Contempt Finding In Religious Bias Case

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Southwest Airlines agreed to issue an updated anti-discrimination statement to its flight attendants to resolve a contempt finding in a lawsuit in which a former flight attendant claimed that her stance on abortion resulted in her being fired. The case is Carter v. Transport Workers Union of America Local 556, Case Number 3:17-cv-02278, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas.

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Southwest Airlines agreed to issue an updated anti-discrimination statement to its flight attendants to resolve a contempt finding in a lawsuit in which a former flight attendant claimed that her stance on abortion resulted in her being fired. The case is Carter v. Transport Workers Union of America Local 556, Case Number 3:17-cv-02278, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas.

In 2017, Charlene Carter sued Southwest and Local 556 of the Transport Workers Union of America, alleging wrongful termination in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act and the Railway Labor Act. Southwest fired Carter, a Christian who strongly opposes abortion, after she sent the flight attendants’ union president graphic images and videos of aborted fetuses.

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