Top Architecture Firm Accused of Illegally Firing Union-Supporting Staff

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Union members pay the price. 2023, employees snohtaProminent New York-based construction firms launched unsuccessful efforts to unionize. current National Labor Relations Board Alleging the company illegally retaliated against workers who supported the campaign, new york times Report. In a complaint released Friday, the NLRB regional director claimed Snøhetta illegally fired eight employees for supporting the union and engaging in protected collective activities, and that managers improperly asked employees about their union sympathies. Snøhetta denies the accusations. partners in a statement Elaine Molinar It said the layoffs stemmed from business pressures that preceded the union movement and that the company was largely unaware of the views of individual employees. The case comes amid growing union organizing in white-collar industries, which former Snøhetta employees say has fueled their organizing efforts but is compounded by management concerns that unionization will change company culture. The labor board cited internal emails that appeared to show managers tracking down union supporters before layoffs, and the agency said the evidence pointed to anti-union hostility. Unless resolved, the case will now be heard by a labor judge.

Spotlight on female artists. this year’s singapore art week The arrival of a welcome occasion puts female artists from Southeast Asia firmly in the spotlight. Highlights include the launch of Christina Lyonbook You Are Seen: Southeast Asian Women’s Contemporary Art Practice and “Don’t Be Afraid of Power: Women Imagining Otherwise,” a major National Gallery Singapore The exhibition brings together five pioneers from the region. “This will be an important moment for women,” Singapore Art Museum Association president Audrey Yeo told the media. The Art Newspaper. These initiatives reflect decades of slow but steady work to ensure the visibility of female artists in vastly different political and social contexts. As Lyon points out, recognition often depends on the friction between an artist’s practice and conservative local norms, as in the case of Filipino performing artists Isaac Jockson or Indonesian Sasmita Achieve international visibility before local acceptance. At NGS, “Fear No Power” (through Nov. 15) locates performing artists Amanda Henghe will represent Singapore at the 2026 Venice Biennale, joining peers from Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia and the Philippines to uncover shared histories of activism, care and resistance.

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mexican architecture studio Lanza has been selected as this year’s design Serpentine Pavilionis the 25th iteration of the renowned outdoor commission for London’s museum grounds kensington gardens. [Ocula]

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Hikers in Kayseri, central anatoliaTürkiye discovered a series of humanoid petroglyphs on an exposed surface and reported them to local authorities. [Heritage Daily]

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Pulled a quick one. The latest released footage LouvreThe October robbery showed guards huddled helplessly in corners as robbers smashed display cases and made off with royal jewels without question. the times London wrote. Security cameras inside Apollo Gallery, winner france tvreveals how quickly four thieves carried out the raid, stealing an estimated $102 million worth of gems in less than four minutes. Several suspects, many of them residents of Paris’s northern suburbs, have been arrested and charged in connection with Sunday morning’s daring raid on the famous museum, but police have yet to recover any of the stolen treasure.