It seems that the Producers at WPXI (Pittsburgh) have decided that they need a union to back them.

The Producers first informed management at the station of their organizing drive on Jan. 18, with the presentation of a petition signed by 80% of their colleagues.

The 25-member unit includes news, associate, sports, digital content, and investigative/special projects producers.

The producers are seeking to be included in the same bargaining unit (SAG-AFTRA) as the talent at the station.

The KDKA-TV producers bargaining committee, which organized with SAG-AFTRA in 2021, expressed support for their union colleagues at WPXI-TV.

“Our most heartfelt congratulations to the producers of WPXI for their brand-new union! We’re excited to have another group of producers standing up for better workplaces in broadcast journalism here in Pittsburgh," they said in a press release. "Joining our on-air colleagues in SAG-AFTRA has strengthened our newsroom and given us the opportunity to push for necessary change. We know the same will be true for the producers at WPXI."

WPXI is owned by Cox which has been going downhill as a company since being taken over by the hedge fund Apollo.