Jonathan Rosenblum (activist)

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]

• "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

• An archive of Rosenblum's papers related to his work from 1997-2006 University of Washington