”Free bags?”
Posted on 12/07/2022 12:49:55 PM PST by lowbridge
Southwest Airlines fired former flight attendant Charlene Carter from her "dream job" for expressing pro-life views. Carter fought the airline and Transport Workers Union Local 556 for nearly six years and won in July.
The judge who ruled in her favor issued an order this week requiring the airline to reinstate Carter with full seniority and benefits.
What are the details?
In July, a federal jury agreed that Carter had been wrongfully terminated for her pro-life and religious views and awarded the former flight attendant a $5.1 million verdict — $950,000 from Local 556 of the Transport Workers Union and $4.15 million from Southwest Airlines.
The Dallas Morning News reported that U.S. District Judge Brantley Starr, nominated by former President Donald Trump in 2019, had to reduce the original amount to $810,180, including $150,000 in back pay, because federal discrimination law limits damages that companies can pay out.
According to the Chicago Tribune, the amount Carter will ultimately receive comprises $300,000 in compensatory and punitive damages from Southwest and another $300,000 for the same from the union; $150,000 in back pay; and over $60,000 in prejudgment interest.
While noting that the jury had also awarded Carter future pay lost as a result of her discriminatory firing by Southwest, Starr wrote that "Carter would rather have her job back."
Accordingly, the "Court reinstates Carter to her former position. ... If the Court opted for front pay over reinstatement, the court would complete Southwest's unlawful scheme. Reinstatement is appropriate."
Despite having had to significantly cut down Carter's compensation, Starr nevertheless enjoined the defendants "from discriminating against Southwest flight attendants for their religious practices and beliefs, including — but not limited to — those expressed on social media and those concerning abortion."
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Six years for the court case?
Justice delayed is justice denied.
Good for her, put up the good fight.
”Free bags?”
In his defense, he only steals womens bags and clothing. I’ll bet he used to steal panties and bras off clotheslines when he was younger.
Should’ve been back pay too.
so everyone can send their Mother-in-law home
U.S. District Judge Brantley Starr, nominated by former President Donald Trump in 2019, had to reduce the original amount to $810,180, including $150,000 in back pay...
After six long years of fighting her employer in court, this woman may not even wish to return to that job for that employer. The bond of trust and loyalty between a worker and the corporation may have been broken beyond repair.
The other side of the coin, she may miss her co-workers and the routines of the job.
At least now she has a choice. That’s a pretty solid win for her.
I hadn’t read this little factoid about him:
Brinton was raised in Perry, Iowa and is the child of two Southern Baptist missionaries. Brinton came out as bisexual to their parents in the early 2000s.[7] Brinton's parents disapproved of Sam's attraction to a male friend from school,[8] and put the then-middle school student in conversion therapy, an experience Brinton later described as "barbaric" and "painful" in a New York Times op-ed.[9] In the most extreme session, Brinton states a conversion therapist bound them to a table while ice, heat, and electricity was applied to their body, all while being forced to watch clips of gay intimacy. Per Wikipedia.
It’s not a free speech case.
It IS a free exercise case.
$25K per year...
I’ve never been in a union.
But over a lifetime of observation, it seems Unions have always defended their members.
Big stab in the back to Carter who I assume had dutifully paid her dues.
To turn on a member was a huge betrayal.
“Brinton states a conversion therapist bound them to a table while ice, heat, and electricity was applied to their body, all while being forced to watch clips of gay intimacy. Per Wikipedia.”
Isn’t he into BDSM, and isn’t he a sado-masochist? So I think he wrote tht Wiki junk himself to justify his perversions.
I’ve read that he’s a “pup handler.” Nothing would surprise me about him.
Not sure what that is. Not gonna google it
“ Carter had been wrongfully terminated for her pro-life and religious views and awarded the former flight attendant a $5.1 million verdict — $950,000 from Local 556 of the Transport Workers Union and $4.15 million from Southwest Airlines.”
I’m so glad she took these creeps to court. Deserves every dollar
Don’t let libtards rip you off and break the law
Oh My God. What in the world? What is wrong with some people?
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