After five years of court battles, Charlene Carter is thrilled that Southwest Airlines has taken steps to return her to work under a federal judge’s order—despite the airline’s earlier statement that it was planning to continue the fight.
“Oh, it’s the best Christmas present in the world to receive, that you get to go back to the career that you love!” Carter told The Epoch Times in a Dec. 16 interview, shortly after Southwest told Carter that she was scheduled to report for a required four-week training session in Dallas at the end of January.
The company didn’t immediately respond to an Epoch Times request for comment. So it remains unclear whether Southwest still might attempt an appeal of Judge Brantley Starr’s order to reinstate Carter in a case that hinged on federal laws protecting employees’ religious and union rights….
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