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ILO | Securing decent work in arts & entertainment

Published on February 24, 2023 by iaea – Comments off
Filed under: Gender equality, Health and Safety, ILO, Intellectual property, Labour rights, Precarious work, Sexual harassment, Status of the artist, Working relationship

ILO: workers group photo

Geneva, 23 February 2023

After a week of negotiations at the International Labour Organization (ILO), unions, employers and governments have agreed to a set of conclusions that recognize and seek to redress the long hours, low pay, lack of social protection and inequalities that are creating ‘decent work deficits’ in the arts and entertainment industries.

The outcomes, issued in a document today, follow a five-day ILO technical meeting in Geneva, Switzerland, from 13 to 17 February on the future of work in the arts and entertainment sector.

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EU | Status and working conditions in the creative sector

Published on December 14, 2020 by iaea – Comments off
Filed under: Atypical work, Europe, Status of the artist, Working relationship

EU Commission logoThe DG EAC of the European Commission is publishing a study on workers in the European creative sector

According to the Commission, this study, commissioned from the European Expert Network on Culture and Audiovisual (EENCA), comes within the scope of objectives for the New European Agenda for Culture adopted in 2018. Among the aims is helping the Member States ensure fair remuneration for workers in the creative sector through social dialogue and the implementation of an ecosystem favourable to such workers.

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ILO | COVID-19 and the media and culture sector

Published on July 13, 2020 by iaea – Comments off
Filed under: ILO, Precarious work, Working relationship

ILO brief on the impact of covid-19

This ILO brief highlights the impact of COVID-19 on the media and culture sector, hit hard by unemployment and closed productions.

It analyses how the sector’s diversity in terms of contract types and occupations creates challenges in accessing social protection, safety and health, and economic relief programmes.

The brief also offers policy options, drawing from countries’ examples and initiatives from workers’ and employers’ organizations, to mitigate the economic impact of the pandemic on the sector.

View/download the ILO brief

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Bogota | FIM Latin America Regional Workshop

Published on January 2, 2019 by iaea – Comments off
Filed under: Gender equality, International trade union co-operation, Latin America, Status of the artist, Working relationship

Group photo of the Bogota regional seminar, Nov. 2018The 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.

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Europe | Unionizing so-called “atypical” workers

Published on December 10, 2018 by iaea – Comments off
Filed under: Europe, Fundamental rights, Labour rights, Precarious work, Working relationship

Rotterdam forum on the unionisation of atypical workers

Forum on unionization of atypical workers in the media and entertainment sectors (Rotterdam, 30–31 October 2018)

On 30 and 31 October 2018 in Rotterdam, FIM, FIA, UNI-MEI and EFJ held a forum devoted to unionization of so-called “atypical” workers attended by some fifty union representatives from Europe. The term “atypical” is today in current use and refers to the working relationship of professionals who, in our trades, are generally called “freelance”. The precariousness which characterizes these forms of work results in particular from European rules in the field of competition law.

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