International Federation of Actors

Global union federation

International Federation of Actors
Federation Internationale des Acteurs

Abbreviation	FIA
Founded	1952
Headquarters	Brussels, Belgium
President	Gabrielle Carteris
General secretary	Dominick Luquer
Affiliations	International Arts and Entertainment Alliance
Website	fia-actors.com

The International Federation of Actors (French: Fédération Internationale des Acteurs, FIA) is a global union federation bringing together trade unions representing actors.

History

The federation was established in 1952, on the initiative of the British Actors' Equity Association, and the Syndicat Français des Artistes-Inteprètes.^[1] The organisation's logo was designed by Jean Cocteau.^[2] In 1970, the International Federation of Variety Artists joined the organisation.^[3]

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.^[4]

In 1997, the organisation affiliated with the International Arts and Entertainment Alliance.^[5]

Leadership

General Secretaries

1952: Pierre Chesnais

1968: Rolf Rembe

1974: Gerald Croasdell

1983: Rolf Rembe

1991: Michael Crosby

1996: Katherine Sand

2001: Dominick Luquer

Presidents

1952: Jean Darcante / Gérard Philipe

1956: Gordon Sandison

1958: Fernand Gravey

1964: Rodolfo Landa

1967: Vlastimil Fisar

1970: Pierre Boucher

1973: France Delahalle

1982: Peter Heinz Kersten

1992: Tomas Bolme

2008: Agnete Haaland

2012: Ferne Downey

2021: Gabrielle Carteris

References

^ "Introduction". International Federation of Actors. Retrieved 30 October 2019.
^ Alméras, Catherine. "FIA's logo" (PDF). International Federation of Actors.
^ Fattmann, Rainer (2002). The Long Road Towards Cooperation (PDF). Bonn: Hans Böckler Foundation. ISBN 3-89892-047-X. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
^ Alexander, Robert (2009). International Labor Organizations and Organized Labor in Latin America and the Caribbean. Santa Barbara: ABC CLIO. p. 262. ISBN 978-0275977399.
^ Verity Burgmann, Globalization and Labour in the Twenty-First Century, pp.122-123

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