Support Us!
As of December 21st, 2021, Architectural Workers United was made public. This sparked a nationwide, if not international, discussion about architectural labor and the value that workers have within an inherently exploitative system. AWU is a collaborative body of architectural workers from multiple firms striving to change the industry from the bottom-up.
For context, there is no current major private sector union of architects in the United States. At least one existed briefly before World War II, but there has not even been an election in almost 50 years. Beyond this, architects, while highly trained, highly educated, and highly skilled, are heavily exploited with unpaid internships, uncompensated overtime, and oftentimes misclassification of labor. Compounding the issue, architecture has traditionally been a field for the privileged creating a higher barrier to access the profession and make it more equitable. In other words: architects need unions.
It goes without saying that these are crazy times for so many different reasons, which makes it even more necessary for workers to band together and speak collectively. To follow the lead of workers at Kickstarter, Starbucks, The New Yorker, Kellogg, the New Museum, and so many more. To declare that our labor means more than it has been given credit for. That these are systemic issues that no individual workplace created, but can be changed if we act together.
We’ve been overwhelmed by the outpouring of support and so many of you have asked “how can I help?” In short, there’s a lot you can do. Below are a few ways that would help us directly, but also help everyone in the architecture industry.
Want to Contribute?
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Donate
Support the most diverse student body of design students in New York through the Dean’s Fund at CCNY SOA - under Designation select “Spitzer School of Architecture” - under Comments write “Dean’s Fund”
Donate to and volunteer with the Open Architecture Collaborative
Become a member of The Architecture Lobby with a contribution that works for you
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Post (repost + post some more!)
Share messages of support on Instagram, Twitter, and other social media platforms
Tag AWU Instagram and Twitter accounts
Repost the New York Times article and other press from our Resources page
Share this website far and wide!
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Organizing Conversations
Are you interested in this for your workplace?
Are you friends with someone that is interested in this for their workplace?
Are you interested but overwhelmed about how to start?
Let us know and we'll connect you with our organizers who can help!
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Learning Groups
Not ready to organize? Form a learning group with friends from multiple offices!
Let us know you’re interested and we’ll help set a group of people in your area
We have connected groups with Organizing For Power trainings, book clubs, and many others
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Support Selfie
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Sign in Solidarity
Digitally co-sign our efforts in the form below to show your support for workers right to unionize
Share a story that we can post to social media (it can be anonymous but public support is crucial)
Share with friends who might support and/or have stories to share
Sign in Solidarity
If you support our mission, and would like to co-sign our efforts, please fill out this form. We’ll add your name to the list below periodically. Collectively we can speak louder together. We only need your name, but we’d love to keep in touch so leave your e-mail if you would like future updates. And if you are willing to share a story about your experience in the architecture industry that we can maybe repost on our socials, we’re all ears.
Supporters
The below individuals have expressed support for this effort. If you filled out the form above and do not see your name after 24 hours, let us know!
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A.L. Hu
Aaditya Todi
Aakanksha S
Aaliyah Walker
Aamena Ismail
Aaron Powers
Aaron Smith
Aaron Stone
Aaron Vaden-Youmans
Aayushi Joshi
Abbey Maxbauer
Abby Fuller
Abby Kuskin-Jorgenson
Abdirahman Abdi
Abigail Doseff
Adam Miller
Adam Ng
Adam Rolston
Aditi Agarwal
Afnan A
Ailyn Mendoza
Alan Organschi
Alana Davidson
Albert Chao
Albert L Refiti
Alejandro Duran
Alex Dillard
Alex Lin
Alex Schweitzer
Alex Wu
Alexander Middleton
Alexander Villa
Alexandra Alvarado
Alexandra Pappas-Kalber
Alexandria Batiste
Alexis Dorko
Alicia Chen
Alicia French
Aline Theodorakis
Alison Katz
Alix Herrera
Allen Gillers
Allison Jang
Allison Spinelli
Alyssa Vincent
Amanda Killian
Amanda Lyman
Amanda Thompson
Amanda Weinstein
American Guild of Musical Artists
Ameya Kaulaskar
Amy Dishman
Amy Gifford
Amy Liu
Amy Rose Spiegel
Amy Trick
Amy Suzuki
Ana Leopold
Ana Maestu
Ana María León
Ana Sotelo
Anastasia Leopold
Andrea Dietz
Andrea Herrera Betancourt
Andrea Kahn
Andreas Hadjisavva
Andreas Lenac
Andreas Rumpfhuber
Andrew Curtis
Andrew Daley
Andrew Heumann
Andrew Hunt
Andrew Lane
Andrew MacNair
Andrew Magner
Andrew Radford
Angela Castellano
Angelica Ronderos
Aniket Zarekar
Anna Alvemalm
Anna Carlson-Ziegler
Anna Katrina Lockwood
Anna Lim
Annachiara Sartor
Anne Davis
Annelise Aldrich
Annette Veliz
Annika Babra
Anon Anon
Antonina Dominici
Anya Sinha
Araceli Lopez
Ariel Scholten
Ashton Hamm
Asya Uzmay
Audrey Li
Aude Jomini
Augustas Lapinskas
Ava Omidvar
Avantika Verma
Averill Dimabuy
Avigaik Gilad
Azmara Asefa
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Barrie Cline
Behrang Geravand
Ben Erickson
Benjamin Hait
Benjamin Hergert
Beril Uzmen
Bethanie Jones
Betsy Clifton
Bhoomika Taneja
Biçem Kaya
Blair Begnaud
Blaire Haslop
Bob Lamm
Bonnie Kate Walker
Brandon Dalessandro
Brenda Freitas
Brenda Gonzalez Rodriguez
Brendan Albano
Brenden Bjerke
Brian Koehler
Brianne Nueslein
Brie McCarthy
Brigitte Kouo
Britta Wangstad
Brittany Utting
Brooke Brunside
Brooke Dexter
Bruno Peris Vila
Bryan Bell
Bryce Truitt
Bryony Roberts
Bz Zhang
Caitlin Dashiell
Caitlin Paridy
Caitlin Watson
Camila Reyes Alé
Carlos Rodríguez
Carlotta Ridolfo
Carly Levett
Carmen Hines
Caroline Bozzi
Caroline Vickery
Caroline Zavakos
Carolyn Francis
Carrie Smith
Casie Kowalski
Cassidy Brown
Cat Wilmes
Catherine Shih
Catherine Tomaine
Catherine Vera
Cecelia Thornton-Alson
Chao Li
Charles Dorrance-King
Charles Thompson
Charles Weak
Charlie Edmonds
Charles Ye
Charlotte Malterre-Barthes
Chase Ashley
Chase Irvin
Chelsea Hyduk
Chloe Hawkins
Chloe Lockman
Chloe Nagraj
Chris Beck
Chris Brown
Chris Daemmrich
Chris Hickey
Chris Liao
Chris Maj
Chris Walton
Christian Kennedy
Christina Brown
Christina Kull
Christopher Otte
Christopher Reeh
Christopher Robbins
Christopher Sondi
Cindy Duan
Claire Fontaine
Clarisse Labro
Clark Reed
Clementine Jang
Cody Farris
Cody Rongo
Colin McDonald
Collette Block
Connie Chang
Connor Leidner
Corey Kingston
Corissa Leveille
Cricket Day
Cynthia Deng
Daisy Rojas-Romo
Dan GU
Dana Cuff
Daniel Barber
Daniel Fougere
Daniel Horn
Daniel Jacobs
Daniel Liu
Daniel Nemec
Daniel O'Reilly
Daniel Sanchez
Daniel Seidman
Daniela Casalino
Danielle A
Danielle Duryea
Danielle Willkens
Danny Ortega
Dante Furioso
Dara Dean
Darby Unruh
Dave Kerin
David Ascher
David Dahl
David Wallance
Dayna Tortorici
Derek Chang
Dhara Goradia
Diana Ariza
Diana Ferro
Diana Khalifeh
Dominic Aello
Donal Sheehan
Donncha O'Brien
Doug Breuer
Douglas Spencer
Drew Murphy
Dulce Arambula
Duy Vo
Edwin Lam
Elaina Berkowitz
Elaine Zhang
Elena Clarke
Elena Cortez
Elias Christo
Elif Bayram
Elisabeth Hoff
Elizabeth Corkery
Elizabeth Greene
Elizabeth Parker
Ellen Dunham-Jones
Elma Rama
Emilie Alongi
Emilio Todescato
Emily Lawrason
Emily Markwiese
Emily Vo Nguyen
Emily Young
Emine Halefoglu
Emma Costello
Emma Flynn
Emma Gracyk
Emma Kirby
Eneida Pinon
Eric Mason
Erik Lewis
Erika Tubbs
Erin Baer
Erin Que
Evan Collins
Evan Ward
Filip Tejchman
Florence Mangan
Florence Tang
Forest Sluzewski
Frances Mayo
Francesca Berni
Francesco Primus
Francisco Brown
Frank Mandell
Franziska Glockler
Gab K
Gabriel Boyajian
Gabriel de Souza Silva
Gabriel Halili
Gabriel Hernandez-Solano
Gabriela Arevalo
Gautami Kasat
Geneva Strauss-Wise
Gennifer Munoz
Geoffrey Eisele
George Barnett Johnston
Georgy Karpenko
Gernot Gleiss
Ginger Gilden
Ginny Lee
Giulia Notaro
Glynis Vidalon
Grace Friedhoff
Grant Wagner
Greg Allwine
Greg Caputo
Greg Warwick
Hailey Algoe
Haley Evans
Hannah Soules
Hashim Ajlouni
Hazel Cills
Hazel Villena
Ian Cook
Ian Svilokos
Ibiayi Briggs
Idael Cárdenas
Ilsa Falis
Ines Yupanqui
Íñigo Gutiérrez
Irem Cetin
Iris Kim
Irmak Turanli
Isabel Branas
Isabel Nicole Limpo
Isabela Ospina
Isabella Suppa
Isidora Concha Loyola
Izzy Krompegel-Anliker
Jack Hilchey
Jack Rusk
Jack Waine
Jackie Pileggi
Jackson St Clair
Jacob Bushmire
Jacob T Middleton
Jacqueline Mix
Jake Morgan
Jalisa Mills
James Strand
Jane Jordan Gravely
Janie Fulling
Jarred Randall
Jasmin Dickinson
Jasmine Hwang
Jasper Campshure
Javier Fernández
Jay Cephas
Jayne Spring
JC Perreras
Jeff Kerestes
Jeffrey Yates
Jennie Tolfa
Jennifer Chan
Jennifer Tai
Jess Myers
Jess O'Dell
Jesse mechanic
Jessica Haberstock
Jia Hu
Jia Tolentino
Jia Zhou Zhu
Jil Sanchez
Jillian Ceve
Jiwoo Park
Joan Humphreys
Joanie Tom
Joe Abreu
Johanna Brandt
John Daley
John Hilmes
John Lin
John Murphy
John Pampoukidis
John Sampson
John Yoon
Jonathan Visgaitis
Jordan Maurice
Jose Cotto
Jose Tijerina
Josh Harrison
Josh Shope
Joshua Barnett
Joshua Gritz
Joshua Katz
Joshua Kehl
Josie Cerbone
Joyce Hanlon
Juan Restrepo
Judith Wasserman
Julia Barksdale
Julia May
Julian Laenge
Juliana Barton
Juma Chowdhury
Justin Banda
Justin Holdahl
Justin Jed Zumel
Justin Lai
Justin Repath
Justine Heilner
Kaitlyn Pelletier
Karan Saharya
Kara Vujanovich
Karli Molter
Karmen Rivera
Karolina Bourou
Kate Barbaria
Katelyn Keen
Katherine Engleman
Katheryn Rupert
Kathlyn Kao
Kathryn Edwards
Katie LaRose
Katie Okamoto
Katie Rotman
Katty Cybulski
Katy Marino
Kyla Peterson
Kayla Seikkula
Kelsey Cohen
Kelsey Kiser
Kelsey Tyler
Keren Dillard
Kevin Jiang
Kevin Pierpaolo Nastasi
Kevin Rabinovich
Kin Ho
Kinjal Shah
Kirman Hanson
Kirsten Dahlquist
Kirstin Soby
Kristian Hager
Kurt Marsh
Kyle Beatty
Kyle D'Mello
Kyle O'Connor
Kyle Sturgeon
Larissa Hennessy
Laura Rodriguez
Laura Shifley
Lauren Hale
Lauren Hamer
Lauren Hanna
Lauren McNamara
Lauren Peterson
Laurent Lisimachio
Lea Anne Leatherwood
Leah Beckmann
Leah Collins
Leandro Yuan
LeeAnn Pallett Smith
Lesley Conroy
Lesley Loo
Lindsay Hand
Lindsay Harkema
Lindsey Carpenter
Lindsey Von Seggern
Lindsey Weber
Lisa Angulo
Lisa Sauve
LIzzie Rothwell
Logan Halterman
Lori Brown
Luca Michalak
Luca Scherraus
Luis Garcia Flores
Luz Auyon
Lydia Kiehborth
M A
M.C. Overholt
Maciej Kusmierski
Mackenzie Lin
Maddie August
Madeline Kirschner
Madeline Toth
Madison DeHaven
Magda Wala
Maggie Lee
Mahdi Sabbagh
Maitane Romagosa
Mansi Mehta
Mara Caoile
Marcel Alvarez
Marcel Merwin
Marcus Miller
Maria A
Maria Antonia Franco
Maria Gonzalez
Maria Grina
Maria Kupriyanova
Maria Levitskaya
Marian Prado
Mariana Diaz
Mariana Guarapo
Marie Jacobson Noyes
Marisa Cortright
Marissa Allen
Marissa Zane
Mariya Radeva
Mark Heinrichs
Marta Llor
Marta Magnaguagno
Martha Kriley
Marti Gottsch
Mary Beth O'Quinn
Mary Ellen Fraher
Mason Christensen
Massimiliano Malagò
Mathew Hall
Matías Montenegro Sandoval
Matt Carona
Matt Grosser
Matt Khinda
Matthew Azen
Matthew Davis
Matthew Shufelt
Maura Leonard
Max Dowd
Max Pozen
Maxwell Rodencal
Maya Gamble
Maya Porath
Maya Stuhlbarg
McKenna Mitchell
Meet Dhanesha
Meg Ward
Megan Friedman
Mehnaj Tabassum
Melanie Monastirsky
Melissa Anderson
Melissa Fedorchenko
Melissa Galen
Melissa Gutiérrez Soto
Melos Shtaloja
Michael Abrahamson
Michael Evola
Michael Ferguson
Michael Kulikowski
Michael Robinson Cohen
Michael Russo
Michael Scarmack
Michael Villarreal
Michael Weitzmann
Michaela Delasanta
Michel S
Michelle Peña
Michelle Shofet
Mig Rod
Mikhail Kim
Millie Goldrup
Molly Chen
Molly Ono
Monique Davis
Muhammad Tayyab
Nabila Morales
Nadia Habib
Nadia Johnson
Nadyeli Quiroz Radaelli
Natalie Adams
Natalie Punzak
Natalie Sandelli
Nathan Erwin
Neda M-Rad
Neelu Shruti
Neha Bhargava
Neha Hegde
Nia Smith
Nicholas Cecchi
Nichole Tortorici
Nick Allen
Nick Jeffway
Nick LoCicero
Nick Reddon
Nicole Ginard
Nikhitha Velagapudi
Niko Theofylaktos
Nita Sula
Nora May
Nuti Dave
Olivia Larson
Olivia Ouellette
Omer Khan
Orli Hakanoglu
Pablo Rivero Bernal
Paolo Sant'Ambrogio
Patrick Daurio
Peggy Deamer
Peter Dumbadze
Peter Yau
Phillip Seclen
Phoebe Crisman
Phoebe Webster
Polina Timchenko
Pooneh Sadri Manesh
Pranjali Desai
Pria Hawlader
Proey Liao
Quade Gallagher
Quy Le
Rachel LeFevre
Rachael Onserio
Ramses Gonzalez
Raymond Dwyer
Rebecca Chen
Rebecca Damon
Rebecca Hinch
Rebecca Vella
Rebekah Lee
Reina Suyeon Mun
Rene Duplantier
Richard Koszeghy
Rio Morales
Robert Nilsen
Robert Peterson
Robin Turansky
Ross David Weiner
Rutuja Badve
Ryan Butler
Ryan Consbruck
Ryan Leifield
Ryan Mason
Ryan Stoddard
Ryker Hoy
Sabrina Ahmed
Sahar Kubba
Sai Joshi
Sam Sidersky
Sam Vanderhoop Lee
Samantha Lee Chan
Samantha Garfield
Samantha Schneider
Sameeksha Gulati
Sami Sikanas
Sammi Howard
Samuel Landon
Samuel Lee
San Yoon
Sanchit Lal
Sandra Velasquez
Saqib Mansoor
Sarah Chanut
Sarah Dunham
Sarah Ebert
Sarah Elstien
Sarah LaBarr
Sarah Leonard
Sarah Ramsey
Sarah Reid
Sasha Topolnytska
Sben Korsh
Scott Hay
Scott Starrett
Sean Esrafily
Sean Russo
Seanna Walsh
Sebastian Reiter
Sebastian Torres
Serena Lousich
Shahal Ahmed
Shane Ah-Siong
Shannen Ferreira
Shannon Scott
Shota Vashakmadze
Shreya Dwivedi
Shriya Shendge
Sidney Tsao
Siobhan Steen
SJ Kwon
Skylar Nieman
Soheb Javaid
Sonny Han
Sophie Chien
Sophie Pacelko
Stanley Schultz
Stefan Klecheski
Stefania Palmyra Geraki
Steffi Bandril
Stella Choi
Stella Blue Porzungolo
Stephanie Almendarez
Stephanie Tabb
Stephen Henderson-Cadigan
Stephen Vallimarescu
Steve Gaissert
Steven Putt
Sydney Gargiulo
Tabea Scheithauer
Taeseo Park
Tamar Samir
Tanner Field
Tarishe Singhal
Taylor Hallam
Taylor Minnick
Taylor Scott
Taylor Um
Tessa Andriopoulos
Theodore Teichman
Thom Medek
Thomas Krizmanic
Thomas Provost
Thuy-Dung Tran
Tiffannie Shively
Tim Strand
Timothy Eckels
Timothy Khalifa
Todd Powell
Tom Maindiaux
Tony McGrail
Tyler Goss
Tyler Murphy
Tyler Myrick
Unsha B
Urh Rucigaj Roberts
Uttara Ram
Valérie Lechêne
Vanessa Magos
Vanessa Thill
Vatsal Upadhyay
Vera Sacchetti
Veronika Suárez
Victoria McGovern
Vineet Diwadkar
Vinita Kuhikar
Violette de la Selle
Virginia Ofer
Virginia Sanford
Vruti Desai
Waqas Jawaid
Wendy Harder
Wes Hiatt
Whitney Evans
Whitney Voss
Will L
Will Smith
William John Smith III
William Siegel
Xavier King
Xiaoyin Li
Yaozhen Liu
Vennice De Guzman
Yetzi Verónica Tafoya Torres
Yin-Yu Fong
Yohana Ansari-Thomas
Yuliya Ilizarov
Zach Beale
Zachary Gaudet
Zain Radaideh
Zeph Ruggles
Zeyu Duan
Zhangzheng Yang
Ziyan Zhuang
Zlatan Sehovic