The International Artists' Lodge (German: Internationale Artisten-Loge, IAL) is a trade union section and former independent trade union, representing variety and circus performers in Germany.
The union was founded on 5 April 1901, on the initiative of the magician Max Buldermann.
It was a founding affiliate of the General German Trade Union Confederation in 1919, and by 1920, it had 7,531 members.
[1][2][3] The post-World War II IAL affiliated to Union of Art and Literature in the Soviet-occupied zone, and to the Music, Film, Stage and Arts Union in the British-occupied zone.
The surviving union in West Germany affiliated to the International Federation of Variety Artists.