CLE Seminar Speaker

Marcus Courtney

Marcus Courtney is President and Organizer of WashTech/CWA based out of Seattle WA. Marcus worked in Seattle's high-technology industry for four years from 1994-1998.

In 1997, Marcus began organizing tech workers and helped found WashTech in the spring of 1998, which affiliated with the Communications Workers of America in the fall of 1998.

In January 2000 Seattle Magazine named Marcus as one of the nine leaders to watch in the new millennium. In the spring of 2001, Shift magazine named WashTech and Marcus as an innovator of the internet.

Under Marcus's leadership, WashTech has been recognized by major news organizations as a leading union fighting the offshoring of U.S. high-tech jobs. Marcus has also been featured on CNN's Lou Dobbs Tonight Exporting America series.

Marcus was elected president of WashTech in September 2001.