The Section of Architectural Workers union has affiliated itself with Unite, one of the UK’s biggest unions, which boasts more than 1 million members.

SAW was formed in 2019 and represents architectural assistants, model-makers, BIM technicians, admin workers, architects, landscape architects, estimators, students, visualisers, researchers, receptionists, university staff, interior designers, freelancers, cleaners and sole traders.

The union’s successes to date include coordinating industrial action to support remote working during the pandemic and helping more than 150 members with casework to secure settlements worth hundreds of thousands of pounds. It also championed Muyiwa Oki’s successful bid to become RIBA president as a “worker representative”.

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