Author: Jonathan Rosenblum
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How Amazon Workers Can Organise Globally
When will Amazon workers around the world enjoy collective bargaining agreements with good pay, union job rights, and safety protections? The challenges facing this lofty goal remain daunting. One only … Keep reading »
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The Next Front in Palestine Solidarity: Worker Strikes
The symbiotic relationship between universities and the military puts higher education workers in a position of significant structural power. Keep reading »
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The Landlords’ Anti-Rent-Control Argument Is Pure BS
A cynic once said, “if you can’t win an argument, then change the subject.” The big landlords and their defenders in the Democratic political establishment can’t defend the indefensible: Rents … Keep reading »
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Lessons for Organizing: Amazon and Beyond ft. Jonathan Rosenblum
Matt Davis and Tori Fleming interview Jonathan Rosenblum for a discussion about labour organizing strategies, Amazon, and the US National Labor Relations Board. Listen to audio »
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Lessons for Organizing: From the Depression to Amazon and Beyond
Jonathan Rosenblum is a long-time union and community organizer in the US, particularly in Seattle and the Pacific Northwest. In part 1 of this interview, Jonathan spoke at length about … Keep reading »
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Union Organizing at Amazon
Has the Labor Board Provided a Way Forward or Another Detour? In 2020, Amazon workers in Bessemer, Alabama, voted on whether to be represented by the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store … Keep reading »
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Challenges Ahead: The US Left and Labour After Trump
With the results of the presidential and congressional elections in the US, a series of questions have come to the fore for the North American left. How far – or how little – will Biden overturn the policies of Trump? With Nicole Aschoff, Chris Maisano, and Jonathan Rosenblum. Watch video »
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Resisting Amazon Is Not Futile
Amazon represents the pinnacle challenge to union organizers and socialists throughout the country. Are we in a 1919 moment, still a generation of failures away from breakthrough success? Or closer to 1935, approaching the tipping point of winning real worker power? Keep reading »
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Escape from America? We’ll need international solidarity to fight emerging fascism
We’ve now reached the quadrennial moment on our shared Turtle Island when some Americans begin to proclaim, “If so-and-so is elected president, then I’m going to Canada.” In the past, … Keep reading »
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Praise the Workers, Not Amazon
“Power concedes nothing without a demand,” abolitionist leader Frederick Douglass declared 161 years ago. Last week saw that truth on broad display as Amazon, facing growing political and organizing pressure, … Keep reading »
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Don’t Let a Union Split Tear the Labour Movement Apart
Dear Canadian union sisters and brothers: There’s a lot to admire about your labour movement. With community organizing, creative street heat, and militant strikes, you’ve just scored the biggest win … Keep reading »
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Where to Begin?
Lessons from the Fight for $15 Beyond North America Jonathan Rosenblum lives in Seattle, Washington, and is a member of UAW 1981/National Writers Union. He is the author of Beyond $15: … Keep reading »