Katie Kilkenny at The Hollywood Reporter reports on Production Assistants (PAs) have emerged victorious in their attempt to Unionize the TV Show: The Pitt. Support Staffers on the second season of the HBO Max Medical Drama opted to join a Union aligned with LiUNA Local 724, the Hollywood Laborers’ Group, in a landmark election. Participating Production and Office Assistants unanimously voted to join the Union in the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Election in a clear show of support for the effort. “The PAs on this show are real professionals and we bring our ‘A’ game every day, so it means alot that we can now collectively bargain for the same rights and benefits that everyone else gets,” Set Production Assistant Michael McWilliam said. According to the group, The Pitt is the first major TV production where Production Assistants and Assistants have Unionized. “LiUNA Local (724) is honored to be at the tip of the spear representing those who long have deserved respect and dignity behind the scenes here in Hollywood, but who have so long been denied that recognition in this place we call Hollywood,” Local 724’s Business Manager Alex Aguilar said. “This is only the beginning.” It’s a notable achievement for Production Assistants United, a grassroots organizing movement that began taking shape in 2023, amid industry-wide strikes that brought Hollywood Worker experiences to the fore.

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