Union Bug Mail for Democratic Campaigns, Candidates and PACs
Win Your Race With Union Printing
Most political consultants broker union printing. They send your job to somebody else’s press, mark it up, and hope there is capacity left in October. We own the press. Sutton & Smart runs its own union shop in Phoenix, Arizona, printing and shipping to all 50 states.
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Why Choose Us
Union Bug Printing Without the Broker in the Middle
For Democratic campaigns, labor-printed materials are not a nice-to-have. Union endorsements, labor council support and the credibility of your literature in a union household all turn on that small mark in the corner. A mailer without it invites a question you do not want asked in the last three weeks of a race.
The Union Bug, Guaranteed
Every piece we produce carries the union bug because it comes off our own union press in Phoenix. No chasing a vendor for proof, no hoping the subcontractor was who they said they were.
- Union bug on every finished piece.
- Proof and approval handled in our own client portal.
Our Press, Our Schedule
Your drop date is a production decision we control rather than a request we submit and wait on. That is the practical difference between owning a shop and booking one.
- Drop dates scheduled on our press, not someone else's queue.
- Instant quotes with no account required.
No Broker Margin
Brokered union printing carries a middleman markup on top of whatever the press quotes. We are the press, so direct mail starts at $0.11 a piece with nobody in between.
- Direct mail from $0.11 per piece.
- No broker margin between your budget and the press.
October Capacity
Union shops are a smaller pool than commercial printers and every campaign in the country wants the same October slots. We allocate our own press time instead of queueing for someone else's.
- Press time allocated, not requested, in peak season.
- Late-cycle jobs handled without a vendor bottleneck.
Phoenix Press, Nationwide Delivery
our in-house union print shop runs out of Phoenix and ships to all 50 states. Plenty of our union work is for campaigns that have never set foot in Arizona.
- Ships to all 50 states from Phoenix, Arizona.
- EDDM saturation and targeted voter-file drops.
Print, Data and Mail in One Place
Targeting, list hygiene, print and mail sit with one firm. When a drop slips there is no seam between vendors to argue over.
- Yard signs, banners, palm cards, literature and apparel.
- One firm accountable from targeting through delivery.
Meet Sutton & Smart
Union Printers and Campaign Strategists
Union shops are a smaller pool than commercial printers, and every campaign in the country wants the same October slots. That is the squeeze, and it is why brokered union printing gets expensive and slow exactly when it matters most.
Owning the shop changes four things. Timeline: we schedule our own press, so your drop date is a production decision we control rather than a request we submit. Cost: no broker margin between your budget and the press, with direct mail from $0.11 a piece. Capacity: in October we are allocating press time, not queueing for it. Accountability: targeting, data, print and mail sit with one firm, so there is no seam to point at when a drop slips.
Jon Sutton
An expert in management, strategy, and field organizing, Jon has been a frequent commentator in national publications.
Matt Smart
A leading national fundraiser with a proven track record of dramatically improving performance for clients.
Print Union. Ship Nationwide.
Need the Union Bug? We Print It In-House
Persuasion and GOTV mail, EDDM saturation drops, targeted pieces built off the voter file, palm cards and literature, yard signs and banners, and campaign apparel. If it carries your name and needs the bug, it comes off our own press in Phoenix and ships anywhere in the country.
Target by:
- Name
- Address
- City
- State
- Zip Code
- Length of Residence
- Dwelling Type
- Year Home Built
- Political Party Affiliation
- Voting History
- Voter Registration Status
- Political Donor History
- Estimated Home Value
- Legislative Districts
- Education Level
- Occupation/Industry
- Neighborhood Type
- Household/Family
- Household Income
- Interests
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Price Your Print Job
Tell us the race, the universe and the drop date. We come back with one number — press time, postage and data included.
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FAQs
Union Printing FAQs
Answers to what campaigns actually ask about the union bug, timelines and what union printing costs when there is no broker taking a cut.
The union bug is a small mark showing the piece was produced by union labor. For Democratic campaigns it signals alignment with labor, and its absence gets noticed by unions, labor councils and opponents — usually at the worst possible moment in a race.
Brokered union printing usually does, because a middleman is taking a margin and passing on whatever the press quotes. We own our shop, so direct mail starts at $0.11 a piece with no broker in between.
Yes. our in-house union print shop is in Phoenix and ships to all 50 states. Plenty of our work is for campaigns that have never set foot in Arizona.
Later than almost anyone brokering the work, because we are allocating our own press time rather than waiting in someone else’s queue. Tell us the drop date and we will tell you honestly whether it is doable.
Yard signs, banners, palm cards, literature, apparel and digital print — all union, all off the same press.
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