{"id":1909536,"date":"2023-04-04T06:27:12","date_gmt":"2023-04-04T10:27:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/busted-actblue-unfairly-targets-union-members-with-layoffs-employees-say\/"},"modified":"2023-04-04T06:29:40","modified_gmt":"2023-04-04T10:29:40","slug":"busted-actblue-unfairly-targets-union-members-with-layoffs-employees-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/busted-actblue-unfairly-targets-union-members-with-layoffs-employees-say\/","title":{"rendered":"Busted: ActBlue Unfairly Targets Union Members With Layoffs, Employees Say"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbusted-actblue-unfairly-targets-union-members-with-layoffs-employees-say%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1909536&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<div>\n<figure><figcaption>YouTube screenshot<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>ActBlue, a powerhouse in Democratic fundraising, recently laid off 32 of its 54 employees, which accounts for 17% of its workforce. Ironically, this happened less than two months after its union announced a collective bargaining agreement with the company that aimed to protect employee welfare, including better treatment and job security.<\/p>\n<p>The ActBlue Union, representing the affected workers, disagreed with the company&#8217;s decision, claiming that the layoffs unfairly targeted union members as a result of the company&#8217;s current financial woes. The union argued that the decision to lay off workers would put the organization&#8217;s progressive accolades at risk and jeopardize its ability to finance the Democratic movement during the upcoming 2024 elections.<\/p>\n<p>The union further alleged that ActBlue&#8217;s management refused to reduce its pay to avoid layoffs or job losses, stating that taking such measures would be &#8220;oppressive.&#8221; The union expressed disappointment in ActBlue&#8217;s leadership, emphasizing that prioritizing their profit over rank-and-file workers&#8217; welfare goes against the company&#8217;s progressive values.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, ActBlue CEO Regina Wallace-Jones and other executives were being handsomely compensated. Around 11 ActBlue employees earned over $200,000 in 2021, according to tax forms. Wallace-Jones, the first black female CEO of the company, assumed her new role in January 2023 following the departure of her predecessor after a 14-year stint.<\/p>\n<p>ActBlue defended the layoffs, stating that it was part of a restructuring program aimed at ensuring that the company provides the best possible fundraising solutions for Democrats. Nonetheless, the union&#8217;s claim that ActBlue is experiencing financial difficulties may surprise many, considering that ActBlue is the primary fundraising vehicle for progressive groups and politicians, having raised nearly $12 billion since its founding in 2004. Additionally, ActBlue charges a 3.95% flat fee on every dollar it raises, accumulating a vast amount of cash that has helped cement its monopoly in the progressive fundraising scene.<\/p>\n<p>ActBlue reported having $68.7 million in cash reserves as of its most recent filing with the Federal Election Commission. However, its nonprofit sister company, ActBlue Technical Services, reportedly has a net asset worth of $92.8 million as of its latest financial disclosure.<\/p>\n<p>ActBlue offered the affected employees eight weeks of pay and benefits and the option of sharing their contact info with potential employers. The company did not respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>YouTube screenshot Democratic fundraising juggernaut ActBlue slashed 17 percent of its workforce on Monday, less than two months after its union gleefully announced it had struck a landmark collective bargaining agreement with the company that raised the bar on how employees should be treated. The ActBlue union is singing a different tune now that 32<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":108,"featured_media":1909537,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[544],"tags":[23495,18052,5183,7970,4841,20036,4701],"class_list":["post-1909536","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-free-beacon","tag-actblue","tag-busted","tag-employees","tag-layoffs","tag-targets","tag-unfairly","tag-union"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1909536","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/108"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1909536"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1909536\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1909537"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1909536"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1909536"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1909536"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}