May 20, 2022
Southwest Airlines encouraged a Texas federal court to wrap up a retaliation suit filed by a flight attendant who was fired for her alleged harassment of a union leader, asking the court to rethink its refusal to resolve the case in the airline's favor before the trial phase.
May 06, 2022
A suit accusing Southwest Airlines Co. of firing a flight attendant for opposing the workers' union and her Christian beliefs is set to go to trial after a Texas federal judge ruled there are too many disputes between the parties for the suit to be tossed.
February 17, 2022
A former Southwest Airlines flight attendant asked a Texas federal judge for an early win in her suit against the airline and its workers union, saying the Railway Labor Act protects her from being fired for protesting the use of union funds to attend the 2017 Women's March, which she categorized as an affront to her religious beliefs.
September 10, 2021
A union asked a Texas federal judge to toss a former Southwest Airlines flight attendant's retaliation suit, saying messages the worker sent the union president were not protected speech but rather harassment that the president was within her rights to report.
September 03, 2021
Southwest Airlines urged a Texas federal judge to toss a former flight attendant's suit claiming she was fired for her union opposition, saying an arbitrator already found the firing justified because the worker sent the union president messages that violated airline policies against harassment and bullying.
July 17, 2020
An attorney representing a fired flight attendant in a dispute with Southwest Airlines has hit back against the airline's bid to remove him from the case for allegedly trying to use a process server to intimidate a witness, telling the court the service was proper and the sanctions motion was the true intimidation tactic.
July 09, 2020
Southwest Airlines wants a Texas federal judge to remove a Virginia attorney from an employment dispute case for allegedly enlisting an unknown airline employee to provide confidential information about a flight attendant's schedule, then sending an armed process server to her hotel room.