Just Cause is the foundation of union contracts. It’s a critical mechanism of due process for media workers, especially for our BIPOC colleagues, to ensure the editorial integrity of our industry. Now employers are attempting to undermine this essential job protection. (1/6) 
What is "just cause"? It establishes a clear standard for termination, meaning workers can't be fired simply because the boss doesn't like their politics, their opinions, or the look on their faces. It's protected journalists at outlets like the New York Times for decades. (2/6)
During the past year we’ve witnessed different media companies, utilizing the same anti-union law firms, push an "editorial exception" to just cause in which management has sole discretion to target workers under the guise of subjective editorial judgment. (3/6)
Since its inception @newsguild has made #JustCauseNoExceptions a job security industry standard in newsrooms across the country. (4/6)
#JustCauseNoExceptions protects journalists and their independent voices from arbitrary whims of management. As recent events have shown, workplaces without Just Cause foster a discriminatory culture that silences voices of dissent, particularly those of people of color. (5/6)
The stakes are high for everyone, especially in such chaotic, precarious, and yet historic, times. Standing up for just cause means standing up for our colleagues and for journalism. We demand #JustCauseNoExceptions (6/6)
