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Organize smarter,
sign up more members
Cut turf, plan visits, record assessments, and capture member signatures. All in one system built for union field reps.
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Turf Management
Assign every member
Assign every member
to the right organizer
Define turf by employer, region, chapter, or any data in the system. eMembership automatically pulls the latest member records so your lists are never stale.
Step 1 of 3
Define your turf, assign your reps
Segment members by employer, region, chapter, or any combination of fields in eMembership. Assign each turf to a rep and keep lists current automatically.
Step 2 of 3
Facilitate engagement with members
Reach members through text, email, phone, or in-person contact, all from one platform. Log assessments, scores, and follow-up notes however the outreach happened.
Step 3 of 3
Sign up new members with eSign
Capture member signatures digitally on the spot. No paper, no follow-up. New member data flows directly into eMembership.
First Name
James
Last Name
Kerr
Employer
School Dist. 12
Member Score
Leader / Spark
Electronic Signature
Sign here
Member Signed Up
Torres, Maria added to eMembership
New Member Signup
Sign up members
Sign up members
on the spot
Field reps capture membership applications and digital signatures from any device. No paper, no follow-up scanning. New member records flow directly into eMembership.
- Works on phones, tablets, and desktop
- Signature captured digitally at point of contact
- Member data written directly to eMembership records
One System
Internal and external organizing, one member database
Most unions keep two sets of lists. The dues database holds current members, while organizing targets live in spreadsheets or a separate campaign tool. The two drift apart within weeks. Reps knock doors with stale lists, new signups get re-keyed by hand, and nobody can say how a campaign changed the membership. eMembership runs both lists in the same system, on the same live records.
Internal Organizing
Engage the members you already have
Build turfs from live membership data by employer, region, chapter, or any field in the system. Contract campaigns, ratification pushes, and steward recruitment all start from lists that update themselves with every payroll and roster import.
External Organizing
Track the members you have not signed yet
Potential members, new hires from employer rosters, and card-check targets live in the same database as your membership, not in a spreadsheet on one organizer's laptop. Assessments and contact history stay with the person across every campaign.
From Signature to Dues
A card signed is a member record created
When someone signs with eSign in the field, they become a full member record on the spot. Billing, communications, and the member portal pick them up immediately, with no re-entry and no gap between the win and the dues cycle.
One database means your organizers see dues status, your dues team sees organizing wins, and your leadership sees both in the same dashboards. That is the case for running organizing inside your membership system instead of beside it.
What You Get
Everything you need to
Everything you need to
run a coordinated organizing campaign
From defining turfs to capturing signatures, eMembership keeps your organizing efforts organized, documented, and connected to your member records.
Flexible turf definitions
Define turfs by employer, region, chapter, zip code, congressional district, or any combination of fields in eMembership. One system, any organizing objective.
Map-based visit planning
Cut your turf into visit groups using the built-in mapping tool. Click members individually or lasso a geographic cluster. Works on desktop, tablet, and phone.
Custom assessment forms
Design your own assessment questions and scoring scales. Responses are tracked over time by member, so you can see changes in support across multiple visits and campaigns. This is engagement measurement built on union signals, worksite conversations and organizer visits, rather than association metrics like committee seats or event attendance.
Rep assignment and tracking
Assign turfs and visits to specific field reps. Track completion status, member contact rates, and follow-up needs across your entire organizing team.
Digital signatures and eSign
Capture member signatures on the spot using any device. No paper, no scanning, no lost forms. New member data is written directly into eMembership upon submission.
Always current member data
Turf lists are built from the same live member data that feeds your financial modules, typically updated via payroll or employer roster imports. No stale lists, no duplicate entry.
Frequently asked questions about
union organizing software
Turf cutting is the practice of dividing a membership population into geographic or employer-based segments and assigning each segment to a specific field rep or organizer. In eMembership, a turf is a saved set of member criteria that generates a working list for outreach and visit planning.
Yes. All turf cutting functions, including visit planning, member selection on the map, assessment entry, and eSign member signup, are designed to work on desktop, laptop, tablet, and phone. Field reps can log visits and complete assessments directly from the worksite.
Your union designs its own assessment form with custom questions and answer options. Common scoring scales include 0 through 4. Questions can be reused across multiple assessments and campaigns, and responses are tracked over time so you can see how member support changes across visits.
Field reps use eMembership on any device to fill out a new member form and capture a digital signature on the spot. Once submitted, the new member record is created directly in eMembership. No paper cards, no manual data entry, and no risk of records getting lost between the field and the office.
Turf lists are built directly from eMembership member records, typically updated via payroll or employer roster imports. This means your organizers are always working from current data rather than a snapshot exported weeks ago, and new members signed up in the field appear immediately in the membership system.
Yes. Assessment results can be viewed by member across multiple campaigns, or by campaign across the full membership. eMembership's reporting tools let you analyze scores, track trends, and identify where to focus future outreach efforts.
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