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UNI - Media, Entertainment and Arts

Acronym: UNI MEI

General Information

Identification Code: 605859248462-93
Website: https://uniglobalunion.org/about/sectors/media-entertainment/
Entity Form: Association de fait
Registration Category: Trade unions and professional associations
Registration Date: 12/21/2022
Last Update: 12/20/2023

Mission & Interests

Goals: UNI - Media, Entertainment & Arts (UNI MEI) represents 140 national unions & guilds affiliating more than 500 000 creators, technicians and other workers in the media, entertainment and arts world-wide. The objectives of UNI MEI are to serve as a link and co-ordinating structure between the member organisations in the sector throughout the world and to defend their interests, those of their members, and those of the audio-visual, mass media, arts and entertainment industry in general as well as to support the adoption of better laws and international instruments destined to protect workers' fundamental, economic, social and intellectual property rights in the sector.
Interests Represented: Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Interests:
  • Business and industry
  • Competition
  • Culture
  • Culture and media
  • Digital economy and society
  • Education and training
  • Employment and social affairs
  • International co-operation and development
  • Justice and fundamental rights
  • Single market
  • Trade
Levels of Interest:
  • global
  • european

Activities

Main EU Legislative Proposals: EU legislation or policy-making that impact the fundamental, economic and social rights of workers in the media, entertainment and arts; their prospects to build careers and their ability to represent their interests collectively and the sustainable development of the industry. EU Social Policy in particular EU sector social dialogue in the audiovisual and live performance sectors Legislative initiatives in the areas of social affairs and employment, skills development, gender equality and diversity, health and safety, authors' rights and copyright, freedom of expression, digitalisation, audiovisual and cultural policies. Key regulation/policies that concern UNI MEI member organisations include: Audiovisual Media Service Directive, Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market, DSM, DMA, EMFA, European Skills Agenda, EWC Directive, EU Commission Guidelines on collective agreements by solo self-employed, Spectrum Policy, Working Time Directive.
Communication Activities: Wider Spectrum Group (https://widerspectrum.org/) Creative Skills Europe (https://www.creativeskillseurope.eu/)
Inter-institutional or Unofficial Groupings: N/A

Head Office

Address: 40 rue Joseph II
Post Code: 1000
City: Brussels
Country: BELGIUM
Phone:
Indic Phone: 32
Phone Number: 22345652

EU Office

Address: 40 rue Joseph II
Post Code: 1000
City: Brussels
Country: BELGIUM
Phone:
Indic Phone: 32
Phone Number: 22345652

Financial Data

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    Contributions:
      Total Budget: 0
      Grants:
      • Source: VS/2021/0027- Social Prerogative and Specific Competencies Lines Programme - DG EMPL
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      • Source: VS/2021/0019 - Social Prerogative and Specific Competencies Lines Programme - DG EMPL
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      • Source: 101048758-Equality in AV - Social Prerogative and Specific Competencies Lines Programme - DG EMPL
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        11: 45
      • Source: roject 101101556 — Just transformation - Just transformation of the live performance and the audiovisual sectors - Social Prerogative and Specific Competencies Lines Programme - DG EMPL
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      • Source: Project 101102262 — LP capacity building - Strengthening capacities in the live performance sector - Social Prerogative and Specific Competencies Lines Programme - DG EMPL
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      • Source: Project 101102269 — FoA Skills AV and LP - Disseminating, promoting, and implementing the Framework of Actions on skills in the European Audiovisual and Live Performance sectors- Social Prerogative and Specific Competencies Lines Programme - DG EMPL
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      • Source: 101051634-Diversity in AV - Social Prerogative and Specific Competencies Lines Programme - DG EMPL
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        11: 49
      Complementary Information: The grants "101048758-Equality in AV", "VS/2021/0019", "101102269 — FoA Skills AV and LP" and "Project 101102262 — LP capacity building" concern EU-funded projects carried out on behalf of the EU Social Dialogue Committees of the Audiovisual and Live Performance Sectors.

      Membership Information

      Members: 3
      Members F T E: 3

      Structure

      Structure Type: Structure
      Is Member Of: As of 1 December 2023 UNI MEI has 140 unions and guilds affiliated from the four regions, Africa, Americas, Asia-Pacific and Europe: Africa: SYNACOM-CM CSC-CD DOC-CD FNC-CD GS-CD OTUC-CD RAS-CD SYNAPP-CI CWU-GH ICU-GH COWU-KE COWUMA-MW EPZWU-MU GSA-MU UMT-MA SINTAC-MZ RATTAWU-NG SACCAWU-ZA SYNATO-TG SGI-TN NUCPAAW-UG NUCIW-ZM NUCW-ZM Americas: AATRAC-AR SAL-AR SATSAID-AR SICA-AR SUTEP-AR FISENGE-CUT-BR SINDCINE-BR DGC-CA UNIFOR-CA FETRA-TV-CL SINTECI-CL ACTV-CO GTAWU-GD CCWU-GY SITATYR-MX SAIP-PE CSA-LC NWU-LC CWOS-SR BIGWU-TT CWA-US DGA-US IATSE-US UFCW-US WGA-E-US WGA-W-US FUTTVA-UY Asia-Pacific: MEAA-AU BBKOP-BD ASPEK-ID MINPOROREN-JP NIPPORO-JP CSMWUK-KZ NUMW-KR CWU-KG KESTMB-MY KSKSTMB-MY MPWU-MN IMPRESSION-NP RNEA-NP UNI PRESS-NP UNIME-NP UPSIN-NP PSA-NZ PBCWU-PK LIKHA-PH MEDIA PRO-TECH-LK TPTSEU-TW SEWFOT-TH UMCOT-TH VNUICW-VN Europe: YOUNION-AT FTUAEC-AZ KHIDMAT-ISH-AZ CWU-BY ACOD CULTUUR-BE ACV PULS-BE ACV-CSC TRANSCOM-BE CGSLB-BE CNE-CSC-BE SETCA-BBTK-BE NOVI SINDIKAT-HR ITU-CZ OS MEDIA-CZ DANSK METAL-DK DM-DK PAM-FI PRO-FI TEME-FI F3C CFDT-FR FASAP-FO-FR FEC-FO-FR SNRT-CGT-FR SNTPCT-FR SPIAC-CGT-FR SYNPTAC-CGT-FR GIUWCST-GE VER.DI-DE ETEKT-GR POSPERT-GR FFSZ-HU RSI-IS SIPTU-IE ACT-IL UCAPSE-IL FISTEL CISL-IT SLC-CGIL-IT LKDAF-LV LSAB-LV LRTPS-LT OGB-L-LU GWU-MT FSLC-MD FNV MEDIA & CULTUUR-NL FAGFORBUNDET-NO HK-NO NITO-NO PAU-PS FZZPKIS-PL SINTTAV-PT SITESE-PT FAIR-MEDIASIND-RO KAG-RU SKUU-SI SUKI-SI ELA STV-ES FESMC-UGT-ES FSC-CCOO-ES SCEN & FILM-SE SI-SE UNIONEN-SE SSFV-CH UNIA-CH HABER-SEN-TR TGS-TR CWU-UA BECTU-UK
      Organisation Members: UNI MEI is a sector UNI Global Union and a member of the International Arts and Entertainment Alliance (IAEA), together with the International Federation of Musicians (FIM) and the International Federation of Actors (FIA). The IAEA is a member of the Council of Global Unions (CGU) and is recognised by the ITUC as a Global Union Federation. At European level, The European member organisations are part of the European Arts and Entertainment Alliance (EAEA), together with the European groups of FIM and UNI MEI. EAEA is a European social partner and a member of the European Trade Union Federation (ETUC). UNI MEI's member organisations in Europe are also affiliated to the regional organisation of UNI Global Union, UNI Europa. UNI MEI has permanent consultative and participatory status with the International Labour Organisation (ILO) and the World Intellectual Property organisation (WIPO). UNI MEI is a member of the Advisory Committee of the European Audiovisual Observatory.

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