International Federation of Musicians

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International Federation of Musicians
Federation Internationale des Musiciens
Founded1948
Headquarters21 bis rue Victor Massé, Paris
Location
  • France
Key people
Benoît Machuel (Gen Sec)
John F. Smith (President)
Affiliations IAEA
Website fim-musicians.org

The International Federation of Musicians (French : Federation Internationale des Musiciens, FIM) is a global union federation bringing together trade unions representing music performers. FIM counts member unions in 70 countries and three regional groups in Europe, Africa and Latin America. It is a member of the Council of Global Unions.

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History

The federation was established on 3 August 1948 at a conference in Zürich, which had been organised on the initiative of the Swiss Musicians' Union. [1] From 1951, it held meetings with the members of the Berne Convention, the International Labour Organization, the IFPI, and the European Broadcasting Union, to negotiate the copyright rights of musicians. [2]

For many years, the secretariat was independent of both the main international federations of trade unions, the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions and the World Federation of Trade Unions, and as such, by the 1980s, it represented both unions in capitalist countries, and in communist countries such as Cuba. [3]

In 1997, the organisation affiliated to the International Arts and Entertainment Alliance. [4] The secretariat is currently based in Paris, France.

Affiliates

The following unions were affiliated in March 2022: [5]

UnionAbbreviationCountry
American Federation of Musicians AFMCanada & United States
Argentinian Society of MusiciansSADEMArgentina
Association of Music Professionals of SenegalAMSSenegal
Association of Uruguayan MusiciansAUDEMUruguay
Communication Workers' Union SLCItaly
Creo CreoNorway
Croatian Musicians' UnionHGUCroatia
Danish Musicians' Union DMFDenmark
Education, Science and Culture Trade Union of SloveniaSVIZSlovenia
Entertainers of Jamaica AssociationEJAJamaica
Federation of Citizens' Services FSCSpain
Federation of Culture and MediaFAIR-MediaSindRomania
Federation of Dutch Trade Unions FNVNetherlands
Federation of Uruguayan MusiciansFEDEMUruguay
Finnish Musicians' Union SMLFinland
General Union of Public Services ACODBelgium
German Orchestra UnionDOVGermany
Hungarian Musicians’ and Dancers’ UnionMZTSZHungary
Icelandic Musicians' UnionFIHIceland
Iranian Musicians' UnionIMUIran
Israeli Musicians' UnionIMUIsrael
Kenya Musicians' UnionKEMUKenya
Latvian Trade Union Federation for People Engaged in Cultural ActivitiesLKDAFLatvia
Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance MEAAAustralia
Musicians' Federation of IndiaMFIIndia
Musicians' Union MUUnited Kingdom
Musicians' Union of IrelandMUIIreland
Musicians' Union of JapanMUJJapan
Musicians' Union of LiberiaMULIBLiberia
Musicians' Union of MalawiMUMMalawi
Musicians' Union of the GambiaMUSIGAMGambia
Musicians' Union of the Ivory CoastSAMCICote d'Ivoire
Musicians' Union of the State of Rio de JaneiroSINDMUSIBrazil
National Association of Public and Private EmployeesANEPCosta Rica
National Union of Music WorkersSITMUCHChile
OrmúsicaOrmúsicaColombia
Panhellenic Musician UnionPMUGreece
Professional Union of Spanish MusiciansSPMESpain
Serbian Musicians' UnionSMUSerbia
SO.ME.SOKSO.ME.SOKCyprus
Swedish Musicians' Union FSMSweden
Swiss Musicians' Union SMV-USDAMSwitzerland
Syndicat national des artistes-musiciensSNAMFrance
SYNEAMACSYNEAMACCameroon
Togo Musicians' UnionSARIACTogo
Trade Union for the Music Arts IndustryTUMAIZimbabwe
Trade Union of Cameroonian MusiciansSYCAMUCameroon
Trade Union of Polish Artists and Orchestra MusiciansZZ PAMOPoland
Transcom TranscomBelgium
Uganda Musicians' UnionUMUUganda
Ukrainian Musicians' UnionUMUUkraine
UNIAUNIASlovakia
Union Conference of MusiciansGLOSA-SKGSlovenia
Union of Bulgarian Musicians and DancersUBMDBulgaria
Union of Musicians, Composers and Singers of PeruSIMCCAPPeru
Union of Musicians of ColombiaSIMUCOLColombia
Union of Music WorkersUTMCosta Rica
Union of Workers in Music, Art and Related IndustriesSITMASPanama
Ver.di Ver.diGermany
Younion YounionAustria
Zimbabwe Musicians' UnionZIMUZimbabwe

Leadership

General Secretaries

1948: Rudolf Leuzinger
1982: Yvonne Burckhardt
1990s: Jean Vincent
2002: Benoît Machuel

Presidents

1948: William Batten
1950: Hardie Ratcliffe
1973: John Morton
2004: John F. Smith

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  2. Donmann, Monika (2014). Authors and Apparatus: A Media History of Copyright. Ithaca: Cornell University Press. p. 115. ISBN   978-1501734984.
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  4. Verity Burgmann, Globalization and Labour in the Twenty-First Century, pp.122-123
  5. "Membership". FIM. Retrieved 14 March 2022.