San Fran CBS affiliate joins SAG-AFTRA


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Michelle Clancy

| 20 March 2016




Employees at KCBS-AM in San Francisco have voted in favour of joining the 160,000 media and entertainment professionals who are part of the SAG-AFTRA union.



Production assistants, writers and newsroom assistants will join SAG-AFTRA with an existing bargaining unit of editors at the top-rated, all-news station.
By choosing SAG-AFTRA as its union, the new bargaining unit will be joining other CBS SAG-AFTRA represented bargaining units at KPIX-TV and KLLC-FM, as well as their on-air counterparts at KCBS-AM.

“Our writers, production assistants and newsroom assistants have shown a lot of courage and determination,” said editor and shop steward Joe Rogers.

“Because of their vote for SAG-AFTRA, the entire KCBS news team now stands united at a time when the company is contemplating drastic changes in how this station gathers and reports the news.”

Production assistant and producer Nick St Charles added: “Volatility in the news business and skyrocketing living costs in the Bay Area make union representation essential. I'm glad to have SAG-AFTRA in my corner.”

The news comes as the broadcast community preps for the upcoming 600MHz incentive auction, for airwaves left vacant by the digital TV transition.