FILE - Southwest Airlines plane prepares to land at Midway International Airport, Feb. 12, 2023, in Chicago. Southwest Airlines is back in court over firing a flight attendant with anti-abortion views. to a flight attendant who said she was fired for her anti-abortion views and a judge's related order that the airlines’ lawyers take
They argued firing her violated federal law shielding employees from religious-based discrimination and that Southwest management and the union, which complained about Carr's messages, should be held liable for her firing. Instead, the Dallas-based airline told employees that it “does not discriminate,” and told flight attendants to follow the airline policy that it cited in firing Carter.
He also ordered three Southwest lawyers to complete at least eight hours of religious liberty training from the Alliance Defending Freedom, which offers training on compliance with federal law prohibiting religious discrimination in the workplace.who didn’t want to work on same-sex marriage projects, efforts to limit transgender rights and a challenge to longstanding federal approval of