An overwhelming 95.5% majority of those who took part in a strike vote among Efling workers at the city of Reykjavík has approved the action. The vote took place over five days and ended on noon today, Sunday, January 26th. The turnout was a record-breaking 59.2%. The voting registry comprised Read more…
Members of Efling union that work at Reykjavík city will get paid from strike fund if there will be a strike in February. Payments for those who suffer wage loss during these strike days will be 12.000 kr. Tuesday, February 4th, 2020: Work stops from 12:30 noon until 11:59pm. Tuesday, Read more…
Following the statements of the head of negotiations on the side of Reykjavík city, on the contents of the offer the city made to Efling at the beginning of its negotiations, Efling would like to make it clear that it stands by the statements its chairwoman, Sólveig Anna Jónsdóttir, made Read more…
Sólveig Anna Jónsdóttir, chairman of Efling, has informed mayor Dagur B. Eggertsson that Efling will not engage in further talks with the city’s negotiating committee, beyond that which is required by law. The negotiating committee spread misleading information to the press from the negotiation meeting with the state mediator regarding Read more…
The negotiation committee of Efling vis-a-vis Reykjavík city made an offer today for a new collective agreement. It was presented to the city’s negotiation committee at the state mediator’s office at 1pm today. The city’s representatives did not want to continue talks today. The state mediator instead scheduled another meeting Read more…
A vote on the calling of a strike among members of Efling who work for Reykjavík city starts at noon on Tuesday, January 21, and concludes at noon on Sunday, January 26. Balloting will take place online. For those who can’t vote online are invited to cast their ballot at Read more…
The negotiating committee of Efling responsible for negotiating with the City of Reykjavík has accepted a proposal for a work stoppage action which is planned for February. The union’s members are required to approve the proposal and preparations for a vote are underway in the Efling offices. According to the Read more…
Union representatives from the city’s workplaces today handed to the mayor of Reykjavík a petition for the city to conclude negotiations with its staff. Lists of signatures have circulated in workplaces and almost 1000 signatures were obtained. Mayor Dagur B. Eggertsson welcomed the group and said that he agreed that Read more…
Today, Ragnar Ólason and Efling organizers visited the kindergarten Miðborg to discuss negotiations with the city and to hear the staff out. The welfare of kids being taken care of in the kindergartens was on people’s mind. In Iceland, children spend more time in kindergarten during the day than in Read more…