Jonathan Rosenblum (activist)
Jonathan Rosenblum (born 1961) is a community and labor activist, writer and a union and community organizer based in Seattle, WA.
Career[]
Rosenblum's organizing career in Washington state began with in 1993 as a founding organizer Washington State Jobs With Justice, a labor, faith, student and community coalition.[1] From 1996 to 1997 he worked as an organizer on the Union Cities Campaign for the King County Labor Council and AFL-CIO. Following this campaign, Rosenblum staffed the initial effort to organize contract technology employees which turned in to WashTech (CWA 37083 WashTech).[2][3] From 1997 to 2001, Rosenblum was Director of the Seattle Union Now program at the AFL-CIO, including work on graduate student employee unionization at University of Washington.[4] As a result of his role at SUN, Rosenblum was closely involved in labor's preparations for the 1999 Seattle WTO protests.[5] Rosenblum played an active role in helping to create a coalition between SUN and Direct Action Network, environmentalists, international activists and students.
From 2011 to 2014, Rosenblum was the campaign director for Service Employees International Union during the $15 minimum wage initiative in SeaTac.[6][7][8]
He authored Beyond $15: Immigrant Workers, Faith Activists, and the Revival of the Labor Movement, published by Beacon Press in March 2017.[9][10]
Selected works[]
- "Socialist Win in Seattle: Anomaly or Harbinger?" (16 January 2016) Alternet
- "To Fight Back Against Companies Like Uber, Workers Need Organizing—Not Technocratic Fixes" (19 January 2016) In These Times
- "The Battle in Seattle, 15 Years On: How an Unsung Hero Kept the Movements United" (1 December 2014) Yes! (U.S. magazine)
- "SeaTac's Fight for 15: Why Faith Was Key" (9 June 2016) Labor Notes
- "Coon Lake's name is changed, but lots of work remains on institutional racism" (13 November 2015) Seattle Times
References[]
- ^ Strom, Stephen (14 March 2017). "Seattle Author Jonathan Rosenblum on the Struggle for a $15 Minimum Wage". Seattle Magazine. Retrieved 5 August 2017.
- ^ Greenhouse, Steven (26 July 1999). "JOE HILL IN HIGH TECH: A special report.; Unions Need Not Apply". The New York Times. Retrieved 5 August 2017.
- ^ David Kusnet, "Love the Work, Hate the Job: Why America’s Best Workers Are More Unhappy than Ever," 2008 (Hoboken, New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons), Pages 121-133.
- ^ Roseth, Bob. "Labor activists, academics come together for lectures and symposia on strikes". UW News. Retrieved 5 August 2017.
- ^ "Charges to Be Dismissed in WTO Arrests". IATP. Retrieved 5 August 2017.
- ^ Gross, Ashley. "Seatac Businesses, Unions Stage Showdown over Minimum Wage". 08 January 2017. KNKX.
- ^ Bensman, David. "Seattle Progressives Fight Inequality: Teamsters Take on Uber". The American Prospect. Retrieved 5 August 2017.
- ^ Gross, Ashley. "Alaska Air Stymies Would-Be Protesters With Online-Only Shareholders Meeting". 08 January 2017. KNKX.
- ^ "BEYOND $15 by Jonathan Rosenblum". Kirkus Reviews. Retrieved 5 August 2017.
- ^ Deignan, Tom (2 May 2017). "A new path for unions in America". America Magazine. Retrieved 5 August 2017.
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- Living people
- Trade unionists from Washington (state)
- 1961 births
- Activists from Seattle
- American community activists
- Service Employees International Union people
- Writers from Seattle