Historically, unions have had success organizing the core manual laborers in the construction industry. The formation of the first union of architects at a private-sector architecture firm in the country suggests that union activity could spread to other types of workers.
Many construction industry employers regularly work with unions. Moreover, even employers without day-to-day collective bargaining agreements may have experience using union labor on construction projects. Unionization within this industry usually involves the operating engineers, electrical workers, plumbers and pipefitters, and other construction trades. Recent trends, however, suggest that union activity could spread beyond these groups.
Bernheimer Architecture, a private architecture firm, has voluntarily recognized a union seeking to represent its architects. The union will be part of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers. From published reports, the unionization effort at the New York City firm resembles other recent trends in union organizing. Like other recent organizing efforts involving younger workforces and directed at socially conscious consumer brands, this organizing effort arose from internal discussions among employees about unionization, rather than active recruiting by large labor unions. This organizing effort refutes the stereotypical picture of traditional organizing in blue-collar workplaces and supports a trend among educated, younger workers who...
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