January 16, 2026
An Illinois federal judge should preserve a proposed class action accusing Southwest Airlines of systematically depriving flight attendants at Chicago Midway International Airport of overtime pay, a former flight attendant said, fighting Southwest's argument that the Railway Labor Act preempts the claims because the flight attendants are unionized.
November 10, 2025
Southwest Airlines' policy of compensating flight attendants based only on their actual flight time systematically deprived them of overtime pay, a former employee says in a proposed class action in Illinois federal court.