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{{AFC comment|1=Any number of major reviews would've helped as long as it was a considerably large number. [[User:SwisterTwister|<font color="green">'''S'''wister'''T'''wister</font>]] [[User talk:SwisterTwister|<font color="green">talk</font>]] 04:43, 13 January 2017 (UTC)}}

{{AFC comment|1=Finding major book reviews will certainly add to Rosenbaum's notability, but his work in the organizing efforts of WashTech, University of Washington and the historic $15/hour minimum wage campaign (along with accompanying outside references) appear to meet the notability requirements as I read them. (Notable for more than 1 reason. Independent source confirmation. Connected to significant events (in this case, as part of the labor movement of the past 20 years). [[User talk:cpsarason|<font color="green">cpsarason-talk</font>]] 22:47, 8 January 2017 (UTC)}}

{{AFC comment|1=What will establish notability here is finding all major book reviews for him. [[User:SwisterTwister|<font color="green">'''S'''wister'''T'''wister</font>]] [[User talk:SwisterTwister|<font color="green">talk</font>]] 19:20, 8 January 2017 (UTC)}}

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{{About|Jonathan Rosenblum the [[Seattle]] based union organizer|Jonathan (Yonason) Rosenblum|Jonathan_Rosenblum|}}

'''Jonathan Rosenblum''' (born 1961) is a writer and a union and community organizer based in [[Seattle, WA]].<ref name="Jonathan Rosenblum Papers">{{cite web |url= http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv11788 |last=Rosenblum |first=Jonathan |publisher=Labor Notes |date=09 June 2016 |website=13 November 2016}}</ref>. He is the author of “Beyond $15: Immigrant Workers, Faith Activists, and the Revival of the Labor Movement,” to be published by [[Beacon Press]] in spring 2017.

== 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. From 1996 to 1997 he worked as an organizer on the Union Cities Campaign for the [[King County Labor Council]] and [[AFL-CIO]].<ref name="Jonathan Rosenblum Papers"></ref> Following this campaign, Rosenblum staffed the initial effort to organize contract technology employees which turned in to WashTech (CWA 37083 WashTech)<ref name="book>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.
</ref>. 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]]. As a result of his role at SUN, Rosenblum was closely involved in labor’s preparations for the [[1999 Seattle WTO protests]]. Rosenblum played an active role in helping to create a coalition between SUN and Direct Action Network, environmentalists, international activists and students<ref name="Jonathan Rosenblum Papers"></ref>. From 2011 to 2014, Rosenblum was the campaign director for [[Service Employees International Union]] during the $15 minimum wage initiative in SeaTac. <ref name="ACLU">{{cite web |url=https://aclu-wa.org/sites/default/files/attachments/2012-05-04%20Rosenblum%20Suppl%20Dec%20ISO%20Reply%20ISO%20Prelim%20Injunc.pdf"|website=08 January 2017}}</ref><ref name="KKNX, July 2013">{{cite web |url=http://knkx.org/post/seatac-businesses-unions-stage-showdown-over-minimum-wage|last=Gross|first=Ashley|publisher=KKNX, NPR affiliate|website=08 January 2017}}</ref><ref name="KKNX, May 2016">{{cite web |url=http://knkx.org/post/alaska-air-stymies-would-be-protesters-online-only-shareholders-meeting|last=Gross|first=Ashley|publisher=KKNX, NPR affiliate|website=08 January 2017}}</ref>

Rosenblum's work has focused on workers and the future of the social justice movement. His articles on workers, labor and community organizing, faith movements and coalition-building, and combating institutional racism have appeared in International Union Rights Journal, [[Tikkun Magazine]], [[AlterNet]], [[In These Times]], [[Yes! (US Magazine)]], [[Labor Notes]], and [[The Seattle Times]] (see selected works below). Rosenblum also authored a chapter in the book Organizing for Justice in Our Communities: Central Labor Councils and the Revival of American Unionism (New York: M.E. Sharpe, 2001).

== Selected Works ==
* Rosenblum, Jonathan (16 January 2016). [http://www.alternet.org/activism/socialist-win-seattle-anomaly-or-harbinger "Socialist Win in Seattle: Anomaly or Harbinger?"]. www.allternet.org. Alternet.
* Rosenblum, Jonathan (19 January 2016). [http://inthesetimes.com/working/entry/18787/GigEconomy-Workersrights-taxies-labor-Uber "To Fight Back Against Companies Like Uber, Workers Need Organizing—Not Technocratic Fixes"]. www.inthesetimes.com. In These Times.
* Rosenblum, Jonathan (01 December 2014). [http://www.yesmagazine.org/people-power/battle-in-seattle-wto-15-years-on-unsung-hero-tyree-scott "The Battle in Seattle, 15 Years On: How an Unsung Hero Kept the Movements United"]. www.yesmagazine.org. In These Times.
* Rosenblum, Jonathan (09 June 2016). [http://labornotes.org/2015/05/why-faith-was-key "SeaTac's Fight for 15: Why Faith Was Key"]. www.labornotes.org. Labor Notes.
* Rosenblum, Jonathan (13 November 2015). [http://"http://www.seattletimes.com/opinion/coon-lakes-name-is-changed-but-lots-of-work-remains-on-institutional-racism/" "Coon Lake's name is changed, but lots of work remains on institutional racism"].www.seattletimes.com. Seattle Times.

== See also==
* An archive of Rosenblum's papers related to his work from 1997-2006 is available in the [[University of Washington]] special collections. http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv11788

* An interview of Rosenblum with respect to the on the $15/hr SeaTac campaign is available in the Oral History collection at the [[University of Washington]]: http://digitalcollections.lib.washington.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ohc/id/1860

== References ==
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