Editing The Washington Post (section)

=== Employee relations ===
In 1986, five employees, including ''Newspaper Guild'' unit chairman Thomas R. Sherwood and assistant Maryland editor [[Claudia Levy]], sued ''The Washington Post'' for overtime pay, stating that the newspaper had claimed that budgets did not allow for overtime wages.<ref>{{cite news |title=Washington Post Faces Suit Charging Abuse of Overtime |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/10/02/us/washington-post-faces-suit-charging-abuse-of-overtime.html |work=[[The New York Times]] |agency=[[Associated Press]] |date=October 2, 1986 |page=A20 |access-date=December 15, 2021 |archive-date=December 15, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211215040116/https://www.nytimes.com/1986/10/02/us/washington-post-faces-suit-charging-abuse-of-overtime.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

In June 2018, over 400 employees of ''The Washington Post'' signed an open letter to the owner Jeff Bezos demanding "fair wages; fair benefits for retirement, family leave and health care; and a fair amount of job security." The open letter was accompanied by video testimonials from employees, who alleged "shocking pay practices" despite record growth in subscriptions at the newspaper, with salaries rising an average of $10 per week, which the letter claimed was less than half the rate of inflation. The petition followed on a year of unsuccessful negotiations between ''The Washington Post'' [[Guild]] and upper management over pay and benefit increases.<ref>{{cite web| author=Isobel Asher Hamilton| url=https://www.businessinsider.com/washington-post-staff-sent-fair-pay-petition-to-jeff-bezos-2018-6| title=More than 400 Washington Post staffers wrote an open letter to Jeff Bezos calling out his 'shocking' pay practices| website=Business Insider| date=June 15, 2018| access-date=June 18, 2018| archive-date=June 18, 2018| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180618082731/http://www.businessinsider.com/washington-post-staff-sent-fair-pay-petition-to-jeff-bezos-2018-6| url-status=live}}</ref>

In March 2022, reporter Paul Farhi was suspended for five days without pay after he tweeted about the publication's policy on bylines and datelines regarding Russian-based stories.<ref name=Guild2022>{{cite web |last=Beaujon |first=Andrew |title=The Washington Post Suspended a Media Reporter for Reporting on the Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonian.com/2022/08/19/the-washington-post-suspended-a-media-reporter-for-reporting-on-the-washington-post/ |publisher=[[Washingtonian (magazine)|Washingtonian]] |date=August 19, 2022 |access-date=March 30, 2023 |archive-date=September 1, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230901085442/https://www.washingtonian.com/2022/08/19/the-washington-post-suspended-a-media-reporter-for-reporting-on-the-washington-post/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

==== Felicia Sonmez ====
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In 2020, ''The Post'' suspended reporter [[Felicia Sonmez]] after she posted a series of tweets about the [[Kobe Bryant sexual assault case|2003 rape allegation against basketball star Kobe Bryant]] after [[2020 Calabasas helicopter crash|Bryant's death]]. She was reinstated after over 200 ''Post'' journalists wrote an open letter criticizing the paper's decision.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Abrams |first=Rachel |date=January 27, 2020 |title=Washington Post Suspends a Reporter After Her Tweets on Kobe Bryant |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/27/business/media/kobe-bryant-washington-post-felicia-sonmez.html |access-date=June 12, 2022 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=June 12, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220612042424/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/27/business/media/kobe-bryant-washington-post-felicia-sonmez.html |url-status=live }}</ref> In July 2021, Sonmez sued ''The Post'' and several of its top editors, alleging workplace discrimination; the suit was dismissed in March 2022, with the court determining that Sonmez had failed to make plausible claims.<ref name=Klein>Charlotte Klein, [https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/03/judge-tosses-reporter-felicia-sonmezs-discrimination-case-against-the-washington-post Judge Tosses Reporter Felicia Sonmez's Discrimination Case Against The Washington Post] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220608033647/https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/03/judge-tosses-reporter-felicia-sonmezs-discrimination-case-against-the-washington-post |date=June 8, 2022 }}, ''Vanity Fair'' (March 28, 2022).</ref>

In June 2022, Sonmez engaged in a Twitter feud with fellow ''Post'' staffers [[David Weigel]], criticizing him over what he later described as "an offensive joke", and Jose A. Del Real, who accused Sonmez of "engaging in repeated and targeted public harassment of a colleague".<ref name=BarrEditor>Jeremy Barr, [https://www.washingtonpost.com/media/2022/06/07/buzbee-memo-washington-post-sonmez-weigel-social-media/ Post editor Buzbee warns staff on Twitter strife: 'Be constructive and collegial'], ''Washington Post'' (June 7, 2022).</ref> Following the feud, the newspaper suspended Weigel for a month for violating the company's social media guidelines, and the newspaper's executive editor [[Sally Buzbee]] sent out a newsroom-wide memorandum directing employees to "Be constructive and collegial" in their interactions with colleagues.<ref name=BarrEditor /> The newspaper fired Sonmez, writing in an emailed termination letter that she had engaged in "misconduct that includes insubordination, maligning your co-workers online and violating ''The Post''{{'}}s standards on workplace collegiality and inclusivity."<ref name=SchwartzmanBarr>{{Cite news |author=Paul Schwartzman & Jeremy Barr |title=Felicia Sonmez terminated by The Washington Post after Twitter dispute |language=en-US |newspaper=The Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2022/06/09/felicia-sonmez-washington-post/ |access-date=June 12, 2022 |issn=0190-8286 |archive-date=June 10, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220610011233/https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2022/06/09/felicia-sonmez-washington-post/ |url-status=live }}</ref> ''The Post'' faced criticism from the Post Guild after refusing to go to arbitration over the dismissal, stating that the expiration of the Post's contract "does not relieve the Post from its contractual obligation to arbitrate grievances filed prior to expiration."<ref name=Guild2022 />