Karen Attiah, an award-winning Washington Post columnist and valued member of The Post Guild, was fired, wrongfully and without warning, from her job. In a letter, head of human resources Wayne Connell cited her postings on BlueSky following the fatal shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, claiming that they violated the company’s social media practices.

In doing so, the Post directly contradicted its own social media policies, which expressly protect “columnists, critics and other practitioners of opinion journalism posting as part of their work.” Her termination was also a flagrant violation of rights guaranteed by our contract. These rights are foundational to our work: They enable journalists, columnists and other staff to do their jobs without fear or favor, particularly at a time of intensifying public scrutiny.

Employees of the Post have been speaking out about these egregious violations but Washington Post leaders have not responded to the nearly 150 workers who recently demanded that the company affirm its commitment to workers’ rights and the values that have long comprised the moral underpinning of this news organization. Instead, last week, they laid off several more staff members from the Opinions desk, the department in which Karen worked.

Now, they need to hear from you, our readers.

Please send a letter to our opinions editor Adam O’Neal and publisher Will Lewis protesting Ms. Attiah’s firing, and telling them that they can’t run roughshod over workers’ rights — even when it is politically expedient to do so.