Washington Post Ordered to Rehire Columnist Fired Over Charlie Kirk:
The Washington Post must reinstate Karen Attiah, a private arbitrator ordered.
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Private arbitrator orders Washington Post to rehire Karen AttiahThe ruling concerns her September dismissal after posts about gun violence and Charlie Kirk.
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- The private arbitrator ordered Karen Attiah’s immediate reinstatement after The Washington Post dismissed her last September.
- According to a copy reviewed by The New York Times, the arbitrator found that the paper violated its labor agreement and lacked sufficient cause for the dismissal.
- Attiah’s Bluesky posts after the shooting of Charlie Kirk in Utah, which followed a school shooting in Colorado, criticized gun violence and included a lightly paraphrased racist statement by Kirk.
- Guild Chair Natalie Vineberg called the decision a victory for members and the contract’s protections against dismissal without just cause.
They have been ordered to reinstate me immediately.— Karen Attiah, Washington Post opinion columnist, after winning her arbitration against the Post; announced on Bluesky.
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