“But we must ensure that we are serving our users in the most sustainable and effective way possible through the 2024 cycle and beyond,” Wallace-Jones said. «At the core of our work is providing a technology platform for campaigns, organizations and donors to drive change, and we seek to focus our efforts on innovating and expanding our product while controlling our costs.»
ActBlue workers are unionized in two unions. In a statement, the company said it was committed to working with both unions in accordance with «contractual and bargaining obligations.»
In a statement Monday, the ActBlue Union, which ratified a contract in February, said 32 of the 54 fired employees were members of its union, criticized ActBlue management and said the organization had refused to explore alternatives to layoffs. , such as salary cuts, and asked the organization not to pursue more layoffs.
During the 2022 cycle, ActBlue reported processing more than $3.5 billion for Democratic candidates and progressive organizations, more than double the total it had raised during the 2018 cycle, from more than 7.4 million individual donors. The platform, founded in 2004, has been widely credited for supporting the Democrats’ substantial small-dollar donor fundraising advantage.