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Arbitrator Orders Post to Rehire Attiah | US News
A private arbitrator has ordered The Washington Post to reinstate Karen Attiah, the opinion columnist they fired over controversial social media posts following a conservative leader’s assassination. The arbitrator ruled the Post violated its labor agreement and failed to provide sufficient justification for her termination. Attiah’s posts, which argued that refusing to mourn violence-promoting figures doesn’t equate to endorsing violence, were deemed by the Post to damage their integrity — but she maintained she was simply fulfilling her role as an opinion writer. Supported by a progressive…
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