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Read articleJust Transition Pamphlet Series
We are writing a series of Just Transition pamphlets to engage in education and base building among AEC workers. In conjunction with that, we are organizing events and workshops with allied organizations. Below is an overview of our pamplets to date! JT 01 – We are Fossil Fuel Workers! Like the energy sector, the building […]
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Read articleJT 03 — Building Trade and Design Workers Bridge the Divide
Design And Trades Workers Are In It Together The building sector is broken. Despite decades of sustainability initiatives in the design professions, little progress has been made to reduce the building sector’s outsized contribution to climate change. We have waited for market forces to reorient the sector for us, but the market has failed. Now […]
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Read articleJT 02 — Organizing for a Just Transition
ARCHITECTS, ENGINEERS, DESIGNERS–BUILDING A UNION IS CLIMATE ACTION! DESIGN WORKERS ARE ORGANIZING NOW On July 21, 2022, workers at New York-based Bernheimer Architecture formed the first union at a private sector architecture firm in the United States since the 1930’s. It was a victory for the new BA Union and workers across a dozen […]
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Read articleJT 01 — We are fossil fuel workers!
ARCHITECTS, ENGINEERS, DESIGNERS —LET’S FACE IT, WE’RE FOSSIL FUEL WORKERS! Like the energy sector, the building sector operates at the heart of the fossil fuel economy. Its basic functioning is ecologically untenable. Our projects entail the mobilization and consumption of enormous quantities of material, land, and energy. Even despite meaningful steps to reform, the […]
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Read articleLabor Law Pamphlet
We believe that “best practices” can always get better, especially in the office.
: Labor Law Pamphlet