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Jonathan Rosenblum
Cornell University 1983
international relations and peace studies (indep)

Service Employees International Union, AFL-CIO
Organizing Coordinator
Seattle, WA

jonathan4212@earthlink.net


A Day in the Life
What are three things you love and three things you find challenging or frustrating about your work?
Love:
1.  Building power for working people
2.  Building a more just community
3.  Great people to work with

Challenging or frustrating:
1.  Long hours
2.  Always more to do
What is the most important task on your desk right now?
Organizing lots of low-wage health care workers into a powerful union
What drives you to do this work? What makes you want to get out of bed every morning?
Building a just world that puts human needs before private profit; fighting injustice, discrimination.
In a typical month, about what percentage of your time is spent on the following activities?
Talking on the phone 15%
Dealing with email 15%
Meetings with individuals 20%
Meetings with groups/committees 15%
Traveling 10%
Writing 5%
Reading 5%
Researching 5%
Other 5%

(Note: respondents could allow their answers to add up to be more than 100%)
What do you do when you are feeling burned out at work?
Go for a hike/kayak

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