In a first for the industry in the U.S., staff at a New York City architecture firm have joined a union.
The staff and management of Bernheimer Architecture recently announced that employees have organized under a voluntary recognition agreement and will join the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers.
Bernheimer Architecture’s leader and principal Andrew Bernheimer, released a statement in support of the decision to unionize. “We know that architecture is a discipline and profession that has a legacy of exploitation,” Bernheimer said in a New York Times report. “I am of the opinion that one possible way for things to improve is for educators and professionals to show that they value the people who make all of our architecture happen.”
The successful union drive at Bernheimer follows an unsuccessful campaign by employees at a much larger New York firm SHoP Architects. SHoP employees filed paperwork to hold a union election last year, but the petition was later withdrawn.
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