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fmbm: core
type: Apex Door
title: Union Made Services
resource: https://unionmadeservices.com/
door_template: door.template.html
door_template_version: 260812-78f42a03
stamped_utc: 2026-08-12T21:57:07Z
tags: [rail-works, apex-door, union-made]
status: draft
---

# Union Made Services

Websites, storefronts and tools for union locals and the organizations that serve working people.

## Status
- **Sites for locals** — Fast on a phone in a parking lot. Updatable by whoever has the time. (`LIVE`)
- **Merch storefronts** — Union-printed, sold under your local's name (`LIVE`)
- **Kept running** — Hosting, updates, the unglamorous maintenance (`LIVE`)
- **Tools that remove a chore** — Rail-Fax is the first one. Built when a real need shows up. (`PROVEN`)

## Family
- [Kai Buskirk](https://kaibuskirk.com) — Technology developer — the origin door
- [Studio X](https://studiox88.com) — The studio — cloud, web & AI since 1988
- [Rail-Works](https://rail-works.com) — The suite — rails for work that moves
- [Cadre](https://cadre.fyi) — The cadre gateway
- [Printshop](https://printshop.link) — The print rail and shop network
- [Union Made Trades](https://unionmadetrades.com) — The register — every trade, one record set
- [Union Printing Trades](https://unionprintingtrades.com) — The register — who is verified, on what basis, and who checked
- [Rail-Fax](https://rail-fax.com) — Send a fax without a fax machine
- [Rail-Mail](https://rail-mail.com) — Mail between machines
- [Union.ink](https://union.ink) — Union labor, on contract
- [Union Made Systems](https://unionmadesystems.com) — The rails Union Made Services runs on
- [A Beat By Kai](https://abeatbykai.com) — Held
- [ShipWerx](https://shipwerx.com) — The shipping rail
- [Union Delivery](https://union-delivery.com) — Chartered local delivery