Efling Union News Today

In her speech on the occasion of International Labor Day, chairwoman of Efling Union, Sólveig Anna Jónsdóttir, called on the Icelandic government to condemn the Israeli government. She did not mince words and said that the Icelandic government is suffering from a deep sense of submission when it comes to the situation in the Gaza Strip.

The broad coalition of trade unions within the Confederation of Labour and the Confederation of Icelandic Enterprise resumed negotiations this morning with the state conciliation and meditation officer, Ástþór Haraldsson. The coalition’s demands are largely unchanged, says VR chairman Ragnar Þór Ingólfsson.

The mediation proposal of Ástráður Haraldsson, the acting state mediator in the Icelandic collective bargaining agreement between Efling Union and the Confederation of Icelandic Enterprise (SA), has been approved and put into effect as a collective bargaining agreement between the parties.

Ástráður Haraldsson, the state mediator, has put forward a new mediation proposal in the Efling Union and SA dispute. This was stated at his press conference today at 10 AM. Simultaneously, all the work bans and strikes by both Efling Union and SA will be postponed until the outcome of the vote is known.

The impact of the ongoing strike by hotel staff in Efling Union extends beyond the capital area. Cancellations at entertainment companies are causing losses, according to Elías Bj. Gíslason, the acting tourism manager.

A meeting between Efling Union and the Confederation of Icelandic Enterprise with the acting state mediator ended just after midnight.

The Confederation of Icelandic Enterpris’s (SA) work ban on Efling members has now been approved, but this was announced yesterday.

The Board of Directors of the Confederation of Icelandic Enterprise (SA) has unanimously agreed to propose to its member companies to impose a total workban on Efling Union, and a vote on the proposal will begin today.

“This is a conclusion taken jointly by the Efling Union negotiation committee because we believe we can make progress here this weekend,” says Efling chairperson Sólveig Anna Jónsdóttir after it was announced that the negotiation committees of Efling and the Confederation of Icelandic Enterprise had reached an agreement on postponing the ongoing strikes.