The Architecture Lobby stands in solidarity with Stop Cop City and the defenders of the Weelaunee Forest in Atlanta, Georgia.
The Architecture Lobby stands in solidarity and joy with the architectural workers at Snøhetta’s U.S. studios who have filed for a union election. All workers deserve the agency and protection that a union affords. We celebrate the architects, landscape architects, designers, and operations staff organizing at Snøhetta. As a democratic, member-driven organization, we are eager […]
TAL stands in solidarity with the graduate workers on strike at the University of Michigan. Numerous Lobby members past and present have studied, worked as assistants, graduate student instructors, or as adjuncts at Taubman College at U.Mich. The struggle of graduate workers for fair contracts and a living wage is crucial to making real a […]
The Architecture Lobby stands in solidarity with the architecture faculty and their colleagues on strike at the University of Illinois, Chicago. Workers at UIC, and all architecture schools, deserve a fair minimum salary and to receive early notice of reappointment. Their strike also aims to win better disability resources for students — highlighting how strong […]
The Architecture Lobby stands in solidarity with the academic workers on strike at the University of California and The New School. The struggle of these union workers for fair contracts and living wages is vital to bringing about a more just and equitable field of architecture. Many of our members have worked as adjuncts and […]
Unionization has been one of The Architecture Lobby’s core campaigns since its inception. We have worked to build networks of solidarity among previously unorganized architectural workers, compiled resources and educational materials on the potential benefits of unionization for our sector, and provided organizational support for workers interested in beginning unionization campaigns at their workplaces. With […]
The Architecture Lobby stands in solidarity with Architectural Workers United at SHoP Architects and unequivocally supports their efforts to form a union in their workplace. As an organization of architectural workers, we call on the firm’s principals to voluntarily recognize the union and engage in good faith negotiations with the collective bargaining unit. The workers […]
Architecture and design labor are tools which can be employed toward domination and destruction, or in the service of liberation. For more than 73 years, the Israeli state has deployed an architecture of oppression and apartheid to displace, surveil, control, starve, fracture, segregate and ethnically cleanse the Palestinian people. Over the past weeks we have […]
The Architecture Lobby supports the Protect the Right to Organize Act of 2021 also known as the PRO Act (H.R.842).
The Architecture Lobby supports the graduate students and graduate student workers with the Graduate Employees Organization (GEO) striking for a safe and healthy workplace