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We are a grassroots organization of architectural workers that advocates for just labor practices and an equitable (built) environment.
We organise in working groups centred around particular themes.
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Green New Deal
We support a federal Green New Deal and are committed to the resolution’s call for a just transition. We focus on organizing for ecological justice as it relates to architectural labor, the built environment, and sustainable futures for all.
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A Documentary Film
‘Architecture Workers: Organizing for Change’ is a Lobby member interview-based documentary film featuring seven calls to action. Now screening. A new chapter is released online each month through April 2027. Read out to organize a screening in your community!
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Architectural Workers International
The Architecture Lobby is a founding participant in Architectural Workers International (AWI), a networkof more than twenty architectural labor advocacy groups and unions organizing across borders, and we are committed to its call for internationalism from the bottom up. AWI took shape in January 2025 via a grant for NAA! (Netherlands Angry Architects) to engage…
Events
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Architecture Workers: Organizing for Change – Film Screening and Panel Conversation, NYC
Join us for a screening of Architecture Workers: Organizing for Change, a 50-minute documentary on how architecture workers are organizing for better conditions in our field. After the film, a panel with film participants will discuss architecture coops, unions, and housing, followed by questions from the audience. Doors open at 6:00pm. The film starts at…
Wednesday 11/11/26 06:00pm—08:30pm EDT
504 Grand St, New York, NY 10002, USA
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AMA WITH JOSHUA BARNETT
THURSDAYSEPTEMBER 10, 9:00PM ESTON DISCORD https://discord.gg/QgfhFmjXr ◄◄◄◄◄ click to create an account on TAL’s Discord serverEvent will take place in the #AUDITORIUM video meeting channel. Discord is our open organizing platform! It’s quick and intuitive, events work just like Zoom! Joshua Barnett is an architect and union shop steward who has worked for the New…
Thursday 9/10/26 12:00pm—Monday 9/7/26 10:00pm EDT
Online • Discord
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FALL READING GROUP
Fall Reading Group starts next month! How to Fall in Love with the Future: A Time Traveller’s Guide to Changing the World by Rob Hopkins is a deep dive into the people and movements throughout history who have used visions of the future to inspire positive change on a large and dramatic scale. Hopkins brings essential…
Discord
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AWI August Snap Session: UIA Congress
We are inviting you to an Architectural Workers International (AWI) Snap Session next Sunday 9th August with Peggy Deamer who presented at the International Unions of Architects (UIA) World Congress of Architects in Barcelona this past June. Topic: Debrief on UIA CongressDate and Time: Sunday August 9th at 12:00PM ETFormat: CasualAccess: BBB Link https://osmvideo.cloud68.co/user/rit-fyr-bvp-mrb
Sunday 8/9/26 12:00pm—01:00pm EDT
Online • https://osmvideo.cloud68.co/user/rit-fyr-bvp-mrb
