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Both Trade Unions as Well As Collecting Societies Needed

For Directors and Screenwriters, Says Rep of Spanish Collecting Society



Noting that sometimes a false dichotomy was put forward of either trade unions or collecting societies for film production creative workers Jose Luis Dominguez, director of the Spanish society DAMA, declared that both were necessary. He further noted the Spanish screenwriters association, partly as a result of the success of the American writers’ strike, were seeking ways of converting themselves into a trade union.



Dominguez made his remarks at the FEDALA workshop held in Buenos Aires, Argentina, 28-29 March. FEDALA is part of PANARTES, the Americas’ region of UNI-MEI. Some 25 writers and directors from throughout Latin America took part in the meeting, focusing on “Collective Management and Audiovisual Authors’ Rights in Latin America. Other local, regional and Spanish collecting societies also took part in the meeting.