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International Federation of Musicians
Federation Internationale des Musiciens
Founded	1948
Headquarters	21 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.

History

The International Federation of Musicians (FIM) was established on August 3,1948, during a conference in Zürich, which had been organized on the initiative of the Swiss Musicians' Union. The conference brought together key figures in the music industry to address musician's rights and the need for international cooperation in protecting these rights. 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, establish a strong network among musicians' unions and setting the foundation for its future objectives.

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.

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

Objectives

The International Federation of Musicians' main objective is to safeguard and advance the creative, economic, and social rights of musicians as represented by its member unions. This leads to activities such as:

Development of the worldwide organization of musicians
International cooperation is advanced by the federation of music unions worldwide
Supporting legislative and other actions that provide protection on a national and international level on behalf of musicians
Reaching agreements with other international organizations for the benefit of the profession and member unions
Acquiring and compiling statistical data and additional information on the music industry, then supplying member unions with this data
Supporting member unions materially and morally in the interests of the profession and in line with FIM's goals

The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), the International Labor Office (ILO), and UNESCO are among the organizations with whom FIM collaborates with closely. Other initiatives include the holding of international congresses and conferences, the advancement of all efforts to make music the common property of all people, and the upkeep of ongoing relationships with other international organizations that could be of service to FIM.

Affiliated Unions

The following unions were affiliated in March 2022:^[1]

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