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Southwest Employees Rattled by Big Brother-Style Policies

Restrictions tighten despite court ruling in case involving social media

Southwest Employees Rattled by Big Brother-Style Policies
A traveler walks past a Southwest Airlines airplane as it taxies from a gate at Baltimore Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport on Oct. 11, 2021, in Baltimore. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images
Janice Hisle
Janice Hisle
Senior Reporter
11/1/2022|Updated: 11/2/2022
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Southwest Airlines and a labor union seem to have learned little from the case of pro-life flight attendant Charlene Carter, several longtime employees told The Epoch Times.

On July 14, a federal jury unanimously awarded Carter more than $5 million, declaring that Southwest illegally fired her in 2017 for “protected speech”—and that her union helped get her fired instead of protecting her.

Janice Hisle
Janice Hisle
Senior Reporter
Janice Hisle mainly writes in-depth reports based on U.S. political news and cultural trends, following a two-year stint covering President Donald Trump’s 2024 reelection campaign. Before joining The Epoch Times in 2022, she worked more than two decades as a reporter for newspapers in Ohio and authored several books. She is a graduate of Kent State University's journalism program. You can reach Janice at: [email protected]
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