On today's episode I will be speaking with Steve Jones, the founder and CEO of LinkedUnion, an app based organizing tool that puts the power of unions in the hands of its members. 

We’ll open our conversation as Steve explains the shortcomings many unions have historically faced in mobilizing their ranks, and the moment of betrayal by a political candidate that was the catalyst for him to create LinkedUnion. 

Next, we’ll discuss the roll technology plays in helping organized labor unions inform, engage, and mobilize their members, and why the utilization and embrace of tech is so important to their survival and prosperity. 

Later, Steve will share some of the challenges he and his team overcame in developing their proprietary software, and why he feels staying nimble and responsive to their customers’ needs allows them to stand apart, in a highly competitive marketplace.   

We’ll then dig into a few features of the LinkedUnion app, such as searching for work, submitting apprenticeship hours, paying union dues, and receiving time sensitive calls to action.  

And we’ll end our conversation by understanding how LinkedUnion uses robust, state of the art security to protect its user’s personal data.

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