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Argentina | Demise of María Laura Vigliecca

05.11.2020 Updated on 10.11.2020 Federation's life, Gender equality, Latin America

Laura Vigliecca

The Argentinian union SADEM and the Latin American group of FIM are in mourn­ing after the demise of María Laura Vigliecca, mem­ber of SADEM’s man­age­ment and pres­i­dent of OSDEM (Obra social de músicos).

A long-​time trade union­ist and a com­mit­ted fem­i­nist, María Laura par­tic­i­pat­ed in sev­er­al FIM meet­ings in Latin America, bring­ing her ener­gy, expe­ri­ence and excep­tion­al charis­ma. In October 2018, her pres­ence at the FIM region­al con­fer­ence ded­i­cat­ed to the rights of female musi­cians (Montevideo) sig­nif­i­cant­ly con­tributed to the suc­cess of this event.

FIM pays trib­ute to her mem­o­ry and extends its heart­felt con­do­lences to her fam­i­ly, friends and col­leagues at SADEM.

Dominican Republic | National union training workshop

04.11.2019 Updated on 07.07.2020 Gender equality, International trade union co-operation, Latin America, Social dialogue, Status of the artist, Working relationship

FIM workshop | Santo Domingo

Dominican musi­cians are busy cre­at­ing a union which, in its rules, embod­ies good gov­er­nance, trans­paren­cy and gen­der equality.

FIM is pro­vid­ing tech­ni­cal sup­port for this process through back­ing from Swedish unions Union To Union and SMF. In par­tic­u­lar, this sup­port has tak­en the form of a union train­ing work­shop, organ­ised in Santo Domingo from 15 to 17 October 2019, run by Benoît Machuel (FIM General Secretary), Nathaly Ossa (FIM region­al coor­di­na­tor for Latin America) and John Acosta (President of AFM local 47). We are par­tic­u­lar­ly grate­ful to John Acosta for his con­tri­bu­tion to this work­shop, and to his union.

For the occa­sion, ONAM had brought togeth­er an assem­bly made up of an equal pro­por­tion of men and women. […]
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Bogota | FIM Latin America Regional Workshop

02.01.2019 Updated on 22.03.2022 Gender equality, International trade union co-operation, Latin America, Status of the artist, Working relationship

Group photo of the Bogota regional seminar, Nov. 2018

The Declaration on Gender Equity in Musicians’ Unions, draft­ed by women union lead­ers on 1st November 2018 in Montevideo, was unan­i­mous­ly adopt­ed by Latin American union lead­ers in Bogota.

By Ananay Aguilar

On 27 – 29 November 2018, FIM held a region­al work­shop in Bogota in the frame­work of a project fund­ed by Swedish organ­i­sa­tion Union To Union, with sup­port from the Swedish Musicians’ Union SMF. The event brought togeth­er rep­re­sen­ta­tives from Argentina, Brasil, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Mexico, Panama, Peru and Uruguay. Hosted by the local union Ormúsica, the event was attend­ed by enthu­si­as­tic lead­ers drawn from the cap­i­tal and dif­fer­ent parts of the coun­try. […]
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Uruguay | FIM regional workshop on gender equality

01.12.2018 Updated on 29.08.2022 Gender equality, International trade union co-operation, Latin America, Social dialogue

Montevideo regional workshop on gender equality: group photo

By Ananay Aguilar

On 30th October – 1st November 2018, FIM held a region­al work­shop on gen­der equal­i­ty in Montevideo in the frame­work of a project fund­ed by Swedish organ­i­sa­tion Union To Union, with sup­port from the Swedish Musicians’ Union SMF. The event brought togeth­er rep­re­sen­ta­tives from Argentina, Brasil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Mexico and Uruguay. The local group, organ­ised by José Luis Azaretto of FUDEM and Gisselle Fernández of AUDEM, con­sist­ed of enthu­si­as­tic lead­ers drawn from the cap­i­tal and dif­fer­ent parts of the country.

The musi­cal wel­come offered dif­fer­ent flavours of con­tem­po­rary tan­go by the duo of Camila Sosa and Florencia Santacruz and the ensem­ble Las Señoras. […]
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Costa Rica | FIM-​UTM National Workshop

22.08.2018 Gender equality, Health and Safety, Intellectual property, International trade union co-operation, Labour rights, Latin America, Social dialogue, Status of the artist, Working relationship

FIM workshop in San José, Costa Rica

By Ananay Aguilar

On 10 – 12 July 2018, FIM held a nation­al work­shop in San José, Costa Rica, spon­sored by Union To Union and backed by SMF. The event sought to sup­port the Costa Rican trade union of music work­ers (UTM) on cur­rent pri­or­i­ty areas such as
– The imple­men­ta­tion at nation­al lev­el of UNESCO’s Recommendation con­cern­ing the sta­tus of the artist;
– The pro­mo­tion of gen­der equal­i­ty in the music sec­tor;
– The right to col­lec­tive bar­gain­ing /​to strike /​to health and safe­ty;
– The recog­ni­tion of free­lance musi­cians as work­ers;
– The mon­eti­sa­tion of works and per­for­mances in the dig­i­tal envi­ron­ment, and
– Copyright and relat­ed rights in inter­na­tion­al treaties /​in nation­al law. […]
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Guatemala | FIM Seminar for Central America and the Caribbean

15.01.2018 Updated on 04.05.2018 Gender equality, Intellectual property, International trade union co-operation, Latin America, Social dialogue, Status of the artist

Guatemala seminar | Dec. 19-21, 2017

By Ananay Aguilar

On 19 – 21 December 2017, FIM held a sub-​regional sem­i­nar in Guatemala City for musi­cians’ unions in Central America and the Caribbean in the frame­work of a region­al project fund­ed by Swedish organ­i­sa­tion Union To Union, with sup­port from SMF. The event brought togeth­er rep­re­sen­ta­tives from Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, El Salvador, Guatemala, Panamá and Dominican Republic. The local group, organ­ised by Gilmar Mejía from Musicartes, con­sist­ed of enthu­si­as­tic lead­ers drawn from the whole coun­try for a new musi­cians’ union, in addi­tion to rep­re­sen­ta­tives to oth­er, already estab­lished, music organisations.

The musi­cal wel­come offered a sam­ple of the many local cul­tures of the coun­try, with a pre­sen­ta­tion by Mayan singer-​songwriter Sara Curruchich and Garífona Paranda singer-​songwriter Juan Carlos Sánchez. […]
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Cuba | FIM workshop for musicians

24.11.2017 Updated on 13.05.2018 Gender equality, Intellectual property, International trade union co-operation, Latin America, Social dialogue

Havana FIM workshop

By Ananay Aguilar

On 31 Oct.-2 Nov. 2017, FIM organ­ised its first event in Cuba since its 17th Congress, held in Havana in 2001. This train­ing work­shop was host­ed by UNEAC (Union de Escritores y Artistas de Cuba), in the frame­work of a region­al project fund­ed by Swedish organ­i­sa­tion Union To Union, with sup­port from SMF.

The FIM team con­sist­ed of Déborah Cheyne (FIM Vice President), John Acosta (President of AFM Local 47 – Los Angeles), Benoît Machuel (FIM General Secretary) and Ananay Aguilar (FIM Regional Coordinator for Latin America). They were giv­en the oppor­tu­ni­ty to meet with UNEAC President Miguel Barnet, Guido López Gavilán (President of UNEAC Musicians’ sec­tion) as well as oth­er exec­u­tive mem­bers based in Havana and in the provinces of Villa Clara and Matanzas. […]
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Brazil | Musicians take position about the political crisis

12.04.2016 Updated on 13.05.2018 Latin America

Dilma Roussef, President of Brazil

Musicians’ Manifest

Brazil cur­rent­ly faces the pos­si­bil­i­ty of a set­back in his­toric achieve­ments for which the Brazilian peo­ple fought hard. A Constitution focused on cit­i­zen­ship, built after a murky state of emer­gency peri­od is about to be demeaned by politi­cians who act exclu­sive­ly based on cor­po­ratist inter­ests and moved by more mali­cious intents.

A demo­c­ra­t­i­cal­ly elect­ed pres­i­dent faces an “impeach­ment” process with­out any crime of respon­si­bil­i­ty that can be attrib­uted to her man­age­ment. The Constitution is clear; jurists, pub­lic per­son­al­i­ties, politi­cians and states­men from Brazil and the world have demon­strat­ed the absur­di­ty of what is about to be per­pe­trat­ed in Congress.

The con­struc­tion of this democ­ra­cy — his­to­ry and impor­tant moments have proved – count­ed on the active par­tic­i­pa­tion of musi­cians. […]
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