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Season 3, Episode 63

Company offers unions a digital platform for dues payments

Unionly

 

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Scott Heric

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www.unionly.io

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Scott Heric joined the America’s Work Force Union Podcast and discussed how the digital platform, Unionly, that his company created can facilitate the collection of funds by labor unions.

Unionly is a service that allows unions to set up their own dues deduction system on a digital platform. Heric started the company in 2020 after meeting UnionActive CEO Jerry Knight, who talked about a need for this technology. Digital platforms like GoFundMe have rampant issues with fraud, and Heric wanted to create a company to ensure all collected funds went directly to the unions.

He noted Unionly is extremely easy to use and takes about 10 minutes to set up. The only cost to a union is a small fee for each transaction.

It has taken time to build trust and rapport, but the company is steadily picking up steam, Heric said. Unionly currently serves 500 unions and hopes to double that footprint by the end of the year, he said.

The company strives to help as many Local Unions as possible in order to support the organized labor movement, Heric said. As massive tech companies seek to shift the balance of power, it is important for unions to stay strong, he added.

Listen to the entire episode to learn more about Unionly.


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