An update has been provided in the case of Snøhetta’s U.S. employees who have, since the spring, been pushing internally to join the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers union.

Staffers will vote today via mail-in ballots as to whether or not to join the union, which was also the subject of an unsuccessful push by SHoP employees that first gained attention in late-2021.

Snøhetta's effort to file a petition with the National Labor Relations Board for a union election first appeared on Archinect in early May. 

"We are architects, landscape architects, designers, and operations staff who care deeply for Snøhetta, our projects, and the collaborative culture that makes our firm unique. We are proud of our work at Snøhetta and we are committed to our studio’s success. Through unionization, we will gain a collective voice in the future of our workplace and our profession," organizers said at the time.

Twelve Democratic members of New York’s congressional delegation have also chimed in with a letter of support published yesterday, June 13th. (Read the whole letter here via Architectural Workers United.) 

As we noted previously, a successful unionization attempt would make Snøhetta the second architecture firm in the United States to enable a unionized workforce after workers at Bernheimer Architecture formed their own union in September of last year.

The results of today's vote will not be available until July 11th. Archinect will share an update on the outcome as soon as it is made available.