Posts tagged Universal Television
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.
Production Assistants Union Notches First Win in New York
January 25, 2026 // Crew members on the Netflix series ‘The Four Seasons,’ produced by Universal Television, have voted to unionize with Production Assistants United.
Production Assistants Working on Netflix’s ‘The Four Seasons’ File For Union Election
November 21, 2025 // This is the latest organizing move from Production Assistants United, which has organized six productions in three months, including The Pitt and Abbott Elementary. The Pitt voted to unionize in September, becoming the first major TV production where production assistants and assistants had done so. With the reopening of the federal government, Production Assistants United plans on refiling with the NLRB for union elections across several shows and eyeing an upcoming filing for a Universal show.