Archinect - News2024-05-15T16:33:02-04:00https://archinect.com/news/article/150403359/uk-architecture-workers-can-now-join-unite-one-of-the-uk-s-largest-trade-unions
UK architecture workers can now join Unite, one of the UK's largest trade unions Niall Patrick Walsh2023-11-27T11:25:00-05:00>2024-03-15T01:45:58-04:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/5a/5aa4a15a31ee394146565344e4f0c59b.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>The UK’s <a href="https://archinect.com/news/article/150167496/architectural-workers-in-the-uk-have-formed-a-union" target="_blank">Section of Architectural Workers</a> (SAW) has announced its affiliation with Unite, one of the UK’s most influential <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/581859/labor-union/" target="_blank">trade union</a> groups. The move will see SAW operate under the same union group as the UK’s wider construction sector.</p>
<p>When it was <a href="https://archinect.com/news/article/150167496/architectural-workers-in-the-uk-have-formed-a-union" target="_blank">established in 2019</a>, SAW was affiliated with the United Voices of the World (UVW) union, hence its original name, UVW-SAW. Recently, SAW was one of several groups that publicly supported <a href="https://archinect.com/news/article/150317264/where-the-riba-presidential-candidates-stand-on-key-issues" target="_blank">Muyiwa Oki’s successful campaign</a> for RIBA president.</p>
<figure><figure><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/18/181179aadef0a2a1bd37824282ab4e4b.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/18/181179aadef0a2a1bd37824282ab4e4b.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&w=514"></a><figcaption>Related on Archinect: <a href="https://archinect.com/news/article/150371933/sage-and-coombe-architects-employees-announce-union" target="_blank">Sage and Coombe Architects employees announce union</a></figcaption></figure></figure><p>Following the latest announcement, SAW is now a national branch of Unite, the second-largest UK trade union by numbers with over 1.4 million members. The union also has strong links with the UK’s Labour Party, which is widely expected to enter government following the UK’s upcoming 2024 General Election.</p>
<p>Unlike in the US, architecture workers in the UK do not need to form an internal union group within their firm, and instead joi...</p>