Step by step

How Unison works.

From the first whisper to a collective demand — all without exposing your real name.

01

Find your workplace

Search the curated employer directory. If your employer is not listed yet, request to add it — an admin will review and approve it.

02

Start or join a campaign

Pick a goal — better pay, safer conditions, fairer scheduling, or anything workers care about. The campaign creator chooses the pledge threshold: the minimum number of coworkers who must sign on before the campaign unlocks.

03

Pledge anonymously

Click “Count me in” to add your pledge. Your real name is never shown; only your anonymous handle appears on the public supporter list.

04

Verify you work there

To keep campaigns trustworthy, workers verify employment with a private document or vouches from already-verified coworkers — never through a work email address, so your employer is never contacted. Verified workers are the ones who can start campaigns, pledge, and propose or vote on demands. Admins can bypass verification when needed.

05

Talk it out

Every signed-in supporter can post in the campaign’s public discussion thread, which everyone viewing the campaign can read. For anything sensitive, verified coworkers at the same employer can also send each other private one-to-one messages. Both use anonymous handles only.

06

Unlock and deliver

When the pledge threshold is reached, the campaign unlocks. Unison generates a ready-to-send demand letter from the top-ranked demands, and supporters choose how management should respond: a written response to the campaign email (fully anonymous) or a video or phone meeting (semi-anonymous). Either way, the letter uses the shared campaign email address as the reply-to, so management responds to the group without knowing any individual worker’s name. Organizers deliver the letter in person, by certified mail, or as a group email from that shared inbox, and post the company’s response back to the campaign.

Your anonymity is the point.

Real names live only in your login. Every action you take from your account — campaigns, pledges, demands, discussion posts, and private messages — shows a randomly generated handle like SteelHawk-482. That includes meetings: ask for a written response to stay fully anonymous, or keep cameras off and use your handle for video or phone meetings. Worker Stories are separate: anyone can post one without an account, and you choose the name shown (or leave it blank to post as Anonymous). You can organize, compare experiences, and take action without risking your job or reputation.