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Union Optimistic Management Will Approve Short-Term Collective Bargaining Agreement
The director of labour union Efling told RÚV that she is optimistic that Business Iceland (SA) will accept the terms of a short-term collective bargaining agreement that the union has put before them. The contract stipulates a flat-rate wage rise of 56,700…
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Union Head Questions Why Top Gov’t Officials Get Percentage Pay Rises Beyond General Agreement
President of the Confederation of Icelandic Labour Unions (ASÍ) Drífa Snædal considers it strange that members of Parliament, government ministers, and the President are granted annual percentage-based salaries that go well beyond the same percentage granted to the Icelandic working class, RÚV…
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Flight Attendants Sign New Wage Agreement
Today flight attendants and memebers of Flugfreyjufélag Íslands (FFÍ) signed a new wage agreement with Icelandair. The agreement was approved by a vast majority of voters with 83.5%. 921 voters were on the electoral roll and a total of 812 votes were…
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Icelandair And Flight Attendants Union Sign Agreement; Firings Rescinded
Icelandair and the flight attendants’ union (FFÍ) have signed a new collective bargaining agreement, Vísir reports. The news comes just days after Icelandair abruptly ended talks with FFÍ last Friday, telling the flight attendants that they were fired, prompting concerted criticism for…
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Collective Bargaining Agreement Between Efling And Municipalities Reached
The strike between workers within the labour union Efling and the municipalities of Seltjarnarnes, Kópavogur, Mosfellsbær, Hveragerði and Ölfus came to an end yesterday, Efling announced, in the form of a collective bargaining agreement. The workers, mostly women employed in a caregiver…
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Efling Votes To Go Forward With Strikes On May 5th
The labour union Efling will resume strike actions in select municipalities on May 5th, the union announced yesterday. These municipalities will be Seltjarnarnes, Kópavogur, Mosfellsbær, Hveragerði and Ölfus. An overwhelming majority of workers who took part in the vote on the strike…
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Icelandic Journalists Likely To Vote On Strike Next Week
No progress has been made in negotiations between the Icelandic Journalists Union (BÍ) and state arbiters, RÚV reports, with the Confederation of Icelandic Enterprise (SA) offering the union “less than nothing”, as union director Hjálmar Jónsson put it. If the situation does…
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Former Union Organisers Speak Up About Internal Pressures, Firing Without Notice
Several former employees of labour union Efling’s organising division have come forward about their experiences with the union last spring, Fréttablaðið reports. All of the organisers who went on the record were non-Icelanders hired to organise workers. One of them alleges he…
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Icelandic Journalists Union May Strike For First Time In About 40 Years
As negotiations have fallen apart between the Icelandic Journalists Union (BÍ) and the Confederation of Icelandic Enterprise (SA), Iceland’s reporters may soon go on strike for the first time since 1978, Vísir reports. BÍ and SA have been in negotiations over the…
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Two Enter, One Leaves: Iceland’s Labour Struggle
Iceland’s largest labour unions have been gearing up for an intense struggle for workers’ rights when collective bargaining negotiations begin in early 2019, with labour leaders working to reach a consensus on their demands. At the same time, Minister of Finance Bjarni…
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Trust Lacking in Looming Labour Talks In Iceland
According to an article published by RÚV, experts perceive a stark lack of trust between management and workers. The recent report commissioned by the office of Left-Green Prime Minister Katrín Jakobsdóttir stated that the maximum pay increase is only four percent. The…
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Ready for a Fight: Unions Prepare for Tough Wage Negotiations
The Office of Prime Minister Katrín Jakobsdóttir commissioned economics professor Gylfi Zoega to write a report about potential wage increases ahead of a series of tough negotiations, RÚV reports. Gylfi estimates that the maximum pay increase is 4%. He believes inflation would…
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Icelandic Midwives’ Overtime Strike Begins At Midnight
Midwives are preparing to stop working overtime from midnight tonight, but sources close to Grapevine report that the ongoing labour dispute is already causing considerable trouble, for new mothers and other hospital staff alike. While a Supreme Court lawyer believes the government…
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Icelandic Midwives Walking Out, Negotiations Ongoing
The labour dispute between midwives and the state continues, as 12 midwives at the Landspítali hospital and others around the country have walked off. Public sentiment is rallying behind them, and the midwives are only asking for salaries that are in harmony…
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Teachers, Municipalities Sign Collective Bargaining Agreement
A labour dispute which has been ongoing since last spring has finally come to a close, avoiding another walk-out and massive resignations from Iceland’s primary school teachers. RÚV reports that the agreement was signed at 18:15 last night, avoiding a walk-out that…
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Students, Parents Show Solidarity With Teachers In Labour Dispute
While yesterday’s work stoppage by primary school teachers has been criticised by some, students and parents alike are showing considerable solidarity for the teachers’ struggle for better labour conditions. As reported, teachers left work early yesterday to attend a solidarity meeting concerning…
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Teachers Walk Off Job Today, Labor Crisis Looming
Primary school teachers across the country will be leaving work at 13:30 today, to attend a solidarity meeting pertaining to their ongoing collective bargaining negotiations. Already, many teachers across the country have quit their jobs in the dispute. RÚV reports that afterschool…
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Labour News: Seamen Postpone Strike, Teachers Ready To Walk
Collective bargaining agreements are the centerpiece of two major labour disputes in Iceland right now: seamen and primary school teachers. Vísir reports that the seamen’s union of Grindavík (SVG) will postpone their strike at 14:00 today, in light of a new collective…
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Unions Gearing Up For A Stormy 2017
The Icelandic Confederation of Labour (ASÍ) voted last week to increase their strike fund by over 67%, as labour leadership predicts many labour unions will be fighting hard in collective bargaining negotiations in the coming year. RÚV reports that ASÍ will be…
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Iceland’s Seamen Are About To Go On Strike
Workers in one of Iceland’s largest industries are about to walk out, having been without a contract for six years, and with management proposing to cut their salaries further. DV reports that the vast majority of unionised seamen voted in favour of…
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Major Fishing Industry Strike In The Works
Iceland’s largest industry may come to a halt this November, as seamen are aiming to go on strike that month if no settlement can be reached between labour and management. Vísir reports that Iceland’s seamen have been working without a valid collective…
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Union Criticises Law On Air Traffic Controllers
The Director of the Federation of State and Municipal Employees (BSRB) has spoken up against a recent parliamentary measure forcing air traffic controllers to work overtime. In an article she wrote for Fréttablaðið, BSRB Director Elín Björg Jónsdóttir spoke up about a…
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Crisis Averted: Merchant Ship Workers Sign Agreement
A collective bargaining agreement signed late last night has averted an impending strike, which was to begin at midnight last night. Vísir reports that unions representing ship engineers and captains have reached an agreement with shipping companies Samskip and Eimskip. The agreement,…