Architectural Workers

Architectural practice is work, architects are workers. The tropes are well-known: little pay, little sleep, & little dignity. Why do architects resist collectively organising? A short film demonstrating the day-to-day working life of architectural workers bit.ly/2IgnOdw

UVW-SAW condemns the architectural professions inadequate responses to COVID-19 outbreak. In this time of crisis we must come together and put our health and wellbeing above short-term profit ✊ Read our press statement and list of demands here:

We are hearing harrowing stories of architectural workers still being asked to come to work after very serious suspected cases of COVID-19 in their offices. As workers we can collectively refuse these conditions and demand our health and safety is put above company profits! ✊

In these volatile times we need to organise both in our workplaces AND in our communities! We need to be ready to fight collectively – join a renters union NOW!✊ London - @LDNRentersUnion Scotland - @Living_Rent Rest of the U.K. - @ACORN_tweets

🚨BREAKING🚨 The 1st global conference of app-drivers, convened by @iwgbunion & supported by @OpenSociety, will bring together drivers from 23 countries this week! It's the biggest challenge to date for platforms like Uber, Bolt, Grab & Lyft. more info👇 iwgb.org.uk/post/5e2ff05f4…

Join us next Monday for our London Branch Meeting! bring your experiences of OVERWORK so we can end it together! details here: bit.ly/branchmeet

Dezeen 'remembers' the deaths of great architects and designers in 2019. Let's not forget that architecture is the product of labour done by workers, whether you clean the office, build the models, or produce the renders. dezeen.com/2019/12/31/arc…

We’ve had reports that architectural workers from a large well-known office have a contract which states they are not allowed to join a trade union! 😱 [1/3]

@Furmadamadam Why would you take aim at architectural students?

Join the🐘in the room! ⏰Time to trumpet🎺our successes and celebrate🥳 the jumbo efforts we've made so far! What next after #ElephantJR? 🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️Run with the herd to Draper House on Tuesday 19th November! All those who❤️🐘, #hategentrification WELCOME

Architects unite! Meet the new workers' union @UVW_SAW fighting against overwork, underpay, precarious contracts, unethical practice and more... ✊theguardian.com/artanddesign/2…

"The initiative deserves to gather momentum. For too long, architects have accepted their fate as inevitable; the low pay, long hours and lack of agency.... it’s about time architects came together and recognised the collective value of their labour." theguardian.com/artanddesign/2…

Architecture Workers Are Unionising! – Employment Law and Beyond 📢 ✨ Our next Open Meeting is on Monday 4th November @ 18:30–20:30 (Waterloo). We will be joined by organiser and barrister @FranckMagennis ✊ Get free tickets at: bit.ly/arch-union

@_griff @willjennings80 @ArtistsUnionE @UVW_SAW

@willjennings80 @ArtistsUnionE @archiworkers thank you!

Can anyone help? I'd like a full list of all trade unions that relate to the creative industries in some way. Ideally intros to decision makers within them too. We've had too many young people entering these industries only to face all manner of issues. We want to do something...

Two of our members feature on the latest @FailedArch podcast "Architects Unionise!" and talk about unionising architectural workers in the U.K. – failedarchitecture.com/podcast/11-arc… ... @Arch_Lobby @archiworkers @ArchitectsCAN @architectklljoy @C0ncreteAction

Croydon - almost a week after the ballot opened The Trade Union act is a vicious attempt to undermine the rights of workers and unions We ain’t having it - keep going everyone #WeRiseAgain 🦁

“Our vision for a climate just world cannot and will not repeat the same things that got us here in the first place” #ClimateStrike #ClimateJustice

@GdnUniversities @zb_naqvi @GoldAntiRacism @ucusolidarity @CrisisSoas @MigrantsCulture @CAATunis @cut_rent @lbororf @CURF_ @archiworkers @beyondbarsuk To further read @zb_naqvi's piece: theguardian.com/education/2019… @UnisNotBorders believes that we should fight for #FreeEducation for both Home *and* int' students. Any efforts to decolonise university must be rooted in ending the #HostileEnvironment & border controls on campus.

Good piece in today's @GdnUniversities written by @zb_naqvi illustrating institutional racist barriers re int' students in UK higher education. @UnisNotBorders FAQ section discusses how colonialism & marketised education creates barriers for int' students: unisresistbordercontrols.org.uk/faq/

Shahbana Bibi, Marian Court resident, tells #Justice4HackneyResidents how @hackneycouncil has pushed her to move her family into unsafe accommodation and then used her concerns to discharge their housing duty to her and tell her she is making herself "intentionally homeless"!

🚨 Tomorrow 6pm @ Hackney Town Hall, with @eeSistersUncut 🚨 If @hackneycouncil wants to knock Down Marian Court, it should give the families that live there with alternative homes in which they can flourish, not bully them for speaking out. #Justice4HackneyResidents