Architectural Workers United
Consensus-Building Workshop
Monday April 8, 2024
12:30–1:30 p.m.
Zoom link available on registration through this link.
Please join us for a 1-hour value-mapping workshop facilitated by members of Architectural Workers United. The workshop will introduce participants to skills that can be used in contexts that require negotiation.
Audience: This workshop is catered towards architecture students, but is open to faculty, staff, and practitioners. Please register in advance through the link below by Monday April 1 to help us determine if separate sessions would be helpful to address different audiences.
Recommended Readings:
"Why Don't Architects Have Unions?" by Jess Myers, The Architect's Newspaper, October 28, 2019
The Sherman Antitrust Act and the Profession of Architecture", by Peggy Deamer, The Avery Review, Issue 36;
"Architects must reject the 'follow your passion' narrative and see ourselves as workers," by Andrew Daley, Dezeen, August 15, 2022
Facilitator: Andrew Daley
Andrew Daley is an organizer, activist, and licensed architect living and working in Brooklyn. He is currently working with the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAMAW) on organizing efforts within the architecture industry as part of Architectural Workers United. He has 12 years of experience working for a number of offices in multiple states, most recently for 7 years at SHoP Architects as a Project Director working on multiple US embassies worldwide.