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)
AffiliationsIAEA
Websitefim-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.

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]

Union Abbreviation Country
American Federation of Musicians AFM Canada & United States
Argentinian Society of Musicians SADEM Argentina
Association of Music Professionals of Senegal AMS Senegal
Association of Uruguayan Musicians AUDEM Uruguay
Communication Workers' Union SLC Italy
Creo Creo Norway
Croatian Musicians' Union HGU Croatia
Danish Musicians' Union DMF Denmark
Education, Science and Culture Trade Union of Slovenia SVIZ Slovenia
Entertainers of Jamaica Association EJA Jamaica
Federation of Citizens' Services FSC Spain
Federation of Culture and Media FAIR-MediaSind Romania
Federation of Dutch Trade Unions FNV Netherlands
Federation of Uruguayan Musicians FEDEM Uruguay
Finnish Musicians' Union SML Finland
General Union of Public Services ACOD Belgium
German Orchestra Union DOV Germany
Hungarian Musicians’ and Dancers’ Union MZTSZ Hungary
Icelandic Musicians' Union FIH Iceland
Iranian Musicians' Union IMU Iran
Israeli Musicians' Union IMU Israel
Kenya Musicians' Union KEMU Kenya
Latvian Trade Union Federation for People Engaged in Cultural Activities LKDAF Latvia
Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance MEAA Australia
Musicians' Federation of India MFI India
Musicians' Union MU United Kingdom
Musicians' Union of Ireland MUI Ireland
Musicians' Union of Japan MUJ Japan
Musicians' Union of Liberia MULIB Liberia
Musicians' Union of Malawi MUM Malawi
Musicians' Union of the Gambia MUSIGAM Gambia
Musicians' Union of the Ivory Coast SAMCI Cote d'Ivoire
Musicians' Union of the State of Rio de Janeiro SINDMUSI Brazil
National Association of Public and Private Employees ANEP Costa Rica
National Union of Music Workers SITMUCH Chile
Ormúsica Ormúsica Colombia
Panhellenic Musician Union PMU Greece
Professional Union of Spanish Musicians SPME Spain
Serbian Musicians' Union SMU Serbia
SO.ME.SOK SO.ME.SOK Cyprus
Swedish Musicians' Union FSM Sweden
Swiss Musicians' Union SMV-USDAM Switzerland
Syndicat national des artistes-musiciens SNAM France
SYNEAMAC SYNEAMAC Cameroon
Togo Musicians' Union SARIAC Togo
Trade Union for the Music Arts Industry TUMAI Zimbabwe
Trade Union of Cameroonian Musicians SYCAMU Cameroon
Trade Union of Polish Artists and Orchestra Musicians ZZ PAMO Poland
Transcom Transcom Belgium
Uganda Musicians' Union UMU Uganda
Ukrainian Musicians' Union UMU Ukraine
UNIA UNIA Slovakia
Union Conference of Musicians GLOSA-SKG Slovenia
Union of Bulgarian Musicians and Dancers UBMD Bulgaria
Union of Musicians, Composers and Singers of Peru SIMCCAP Peru
Union of Musicians of Colombia SIMUCOL Colombia
Union of Music Workers UTM Costa Rica
Union of Workers in Music, Art and Related Industries SITMAS Panama
Ver.di Ver.di Germany
Younion Younion Austria
Zimbabwe Musicians' Union ZIMU Zimbabwe

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

External links

References

  1. ^ Yearbook of International Organizations. 1997.
  2. ^ Donmann, Monika (2014). Authors and Apparatus: A Media History of Copyright. Ithaca: Cornell University Press. p. 115. ISBN 978-1501734984.
  3. ^ Alexander, Robert (2009). International Labor Organizations and Organized Labor in Latin America and the Caribbean. Santa Barbara: ABC CLIO. p. 262. ISBN 978-0275977399.
  4. ^ Verity Burgmann, Globalization and Labour in the Twenty-First Century, pp.122-123
  5. ^ "Membership". FIM. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
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