Episode 084: Understanding the Architecture Labor Movement
Who is the Architectural Workers United? 
The Architectural Workers United is organizing towards making architecture more equitable, the profession more just, and our built environment more resilient. Join us as we interview Andrew Daley and Jess Myers to learn more about the architectural labor movement, unions, and the history of labor practices in architecture. What are the biggest misconceptions? What is the benefit? What are the most common questions people ask? We’ll discover all of this and more as we discuss why there is a growing group of advocates standing behind AWU.
Guests:
Andrew Daley is an organizer, activist, and licensed architect living and working in Brooklyn. He is currently working with the https://www.goiam.org/ (International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers )(IAMAW) on organizing efforts within the architecture industry. He has 12 years of experience working for a number of offices in multiple states, most recently for 7 years at SHoP Architects as a Project Director working on US embassies worldwide.
Jess Myers is an assistant professor in https://www.risd.edu/academics/architecture (Rhode Island School for Design)’s architecture department. Her podcast https://www.htbdpodcast.com/ (Here There Be Dragons) offers an in-depth look into the intersection of identity politics and security policy in public space through the eyes of New Yorkers, Parisians and Stockholmers. Her work can be found in https://www.archpaper.com/ (The Architect’s Newspaper), https://thefunambulist.net/ (The Funambulist Magazine), https://failedarchitecture.com/ (Failed Architecture), https://www.dwell.com/ (Dwell) and https://www.larchitecturedaujourdhui.fr/ (l’Architecture d’Aujourd’hui). (Read more about Jess on https://www.madamearchitect.org/interviews/2018/3/26/enthusiasm-and-effort-jessica-myers-on-staying-critical-and-learning-on-the-fly (Madame Architect).)
? Show Links:  
https://www.architecturalworkersunited.org/ (AWU Website)
https://www.architecturalworkersunited.org/faq (AWU FAQ Page)
https://www.architecturalworkersunited.org/unionize (AWU How to Unionize)
https://www.instagram.com/architectural.workers.united/ (AWU Instagram)
https://twitter.com/arch_workers_u (AWU Twitter)
AWU Contact: architectural.workers.united@gmail.com
? Continue Learning:
Labor Resources
https://www.dpeaflcio.org/factsheets/architectural-professionals-and-unions (DPE Data Sheet)
https://www.epi.org/productivity-pay-gap/ (EPI Productivity-Pay Gap)
https://www.epi.org/publication/labor-day-2019-collective-bargaining/ (EPI Union Density-Top 10% Income)
https://www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/olms/regs/compliance/eo_posters/employeerightsposter11x17_2019final.pdf (DOL Employee Rights)
https://www.nlrb.gov/ (NLRB Website)
https://www.nlrb.gov/guidance/key-reference-materials/national-labor-relations-act (National Labor Relations Act)
https://www.nycclc.org/ (NYC Central Labor Council)
Architecture Labor Resources
http://architecture-lobby.org/project/the-unionization-campaign/ (The Architecture Lobby Union Pamphlet) (downloadable pamphlet)
https://www.averyreview.com/issues/36/sherman-antitrust-act (Architecture and Anti-Trust Article)
https://www.archpaper.com/2019/10/why-dont-architects-have-unions/ (Why Don’t Architects Have Unions?) (by Jess Myers)
https://www.archpaper.com/2021/01/architecture-and-labor-review/ (Architecture and Labor) (review of book by Peggy Deamer)
https://www.ncarb.org/nbtn2021/demographics-licensure (NCARB Demographics)
https://www.aia.org/pages/6435906-an-investigation-into-bias-in-the-architec (AIA Bias Report)
https://online.ucpress.edu/jsah/article-abstract/76/4/454/61310/The-Federation-of-Architects-Engineers-Chemists (FAECT Article) (by Mardges Bacon)
Press about AWU (selected)
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/21/business/architects-white-collar-union.html (New York Times Article)...