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Scabby the Rat comes for ‘Chicago Fire’ and ‘Med’ as PAs hours are slashed

August 12, 2026 // LIUNA Local 724 staged informational pickets outside production locations for NBC’s Chicago Fire and Chicago Med, including the real firehouse on Blue Island Avenue used as the exterior of Firehouse 51, protesting what the union says happened almost immediately after PAs on the two shows won their first union contracts. According to Local 724 and Production Assistants United, PAs on both shows had for years received guaranteed twelve and fourteen-hour workdays, with those guarantees written into individual deal memos. Because overtime begins after eight hours, those long days provided a significant portion of workers’ weekly income.