Film And TV Production Assistants Are Unionizing

Film And TV Production Assistants Are Unionizing – And They’re Ready To Fight

Production Assistants United is a new group hoping to unionize production assistants in the Film and Television industry. Could we see Hollywood labor struggles intensify further in the near future?
Building on the momentum of the newly-chartered IATSE Local 111, which represents thousands of commercial production workers across the country, production assistants in the Film and TV sector are coming together to fight back against exploitative working conditions in the industry. The Real News speaks with organizers from Production Assistants United to understand the conditions faced by production workers in Film and TV, and how the unionization of these PAs could reshape the politics of Hollywood labor.

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