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Social dialogue in the live performance sector role of employers organizations - FRANCE. June 2012. SYNDICAT NATIONAL DES ORCHESTRES ET THEATRES LYRIQUES National French orchestra employers association www.synolyr.org
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Social dialogue in the live performance sector role of employers organizations - FRANCE June 2012
SYNDICAT NATIONAL DES ORCHESTRES ET THEATRES LYRIQUES National French orchestra employers association www.synolyr.org • 15 orchestra members (32 members with Association Française des Orchestres) represented by a director or administrator of their choice • Members located in all regions across France • Primarily symphonic orchestras, a few chamber orchestras, with musiciens engaged on open-ended contracts • Key figures for 24 of our orchestra members (2009-2010 season) • Over 2 500 performances • 88 premieres of new works • Over 2 100 000 audience members
EMPLOYERS ORGANISATIONS Live performance sector • 3 sub-sectors within live performance: public, subsidized and private… …each with its own economic and legal environment • 14 employers organizations in live performance • Employer federations : • FEPS : all performing arts • FESAC: performing arts, audiovisual sector, recording industry • 3 Interprofessionnel federations: no performing arts employers organizations • PEARLE*: all performing arts Europe
SOCIAL DIALOGUE Live performance sector • Negotiating National collective agreements • Convention collectives des entreprises artistiques et culturelles – negotiations organized by Ministry of Labor • Chapter on orchestras • Interpretation and mediation committee • Negotiating Sectoral agreements • SYNOLYR currently negotiating specifically for orchestras • Representing members on boards and commissions with social partners • Tripartite commission for the sector: Ministry of Culture and social partners • National institutions managed by social partners : life-long learning fund, social protection fund, Sectoral skills council • Ad hoc consultation groups • Other activities with social partners • Petitions, awareness-raising • Joint events – April 2 Concert in support of Orchestre National Ile-de-France facing budget cuts
BEYOND SOCIAL DIALOGUE • Network for members - SYNOLYR • 2 yearly General assembly meetings • 1 monthly Board meeting • Ad hoc topical seminars (intellectual property, public funding legislation, meetings with government officials) • Lobbying tool • Letters and meetings with Ministry of Culture, representatives of Parliament, local officials • General public communication (press releases, Orchestres en fête, articles in specialized press) • Member of other networks like Accord Majeur • Experts on sectoral committees • Other activities • Helping members in litigation • Facts & figures • Continuing education (musicians, technicians, administrators) • Ad hoc legal advice • Website with database
Social dialoguerole of employers organizations in the live performance sector - FRANCE June 2012