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Building Union Power in Design Professions: The Architecture Workers' Organizing Blueprint

Architectural Workers United announced its affiliation with the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers in 2021, then set a goal no design-profession campaign had attempted: organizing enough private-sector architecture offices to form a self-sustaining local lodge with shared

May 19, 2026

The Architecture Industry's Unionization Crisis: Why White-Collar Professional Workers Face Unique Organizing Barriers

BA Union, formed in 2022 at Bernheimer Architecture in New York, remains one of fewer than five unionized private-sector architecture firms in the United States.

May 17, 2026

Why Architecture Remains Union-Resistant: Lessons From a Century of Failed Organizing Attempts

Bernheimer Architecture in New York employs fewer than a dozen people. In 2024, this tiny firm became the site of the first ratified collective bargaining agreement at a privately owned U.S. architecture practice in roughly half a century.

April 25, 2026