International Federation of Musicians

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 on the five continents.

For the early-20th century federation, see International Confederation of Musicians.
International Federation of Musicians
Native nameFederation Internationale des Musiciens
MottoThe Voice of Musicians Worldwide
Founded1948
AffiliationIAEA
Key peopleBenoît Machuel (Gen Sec)
John F. Smith (President)
Office location21 bis rue Victor Massé, Paris
Websitefim-musicians.org

History

The federation was established on 3 August 1948 at a conference in Zurich, 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.

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

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 1501734989.
  3. Alexander, Robert (2009). International Labor Organizations and Organized Labor in Latin America and the Caribbean. Santa Barbara: ABC CLIO. p. 262. ISBN 0275977390.
  4. Verity Burgmann, Globalization and Labour in the Twenty-First Century, pp.122-123
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