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Occupation at the Talbot Street store has now entered its second month 2023-07-29 [Rebel]

Heated trade union row over, but embers remain 2023-05-30 [Nordic Labour Journal]

Union Leaders Express Alarm at Central Bank’s Interest-Rate Hike 2023-05-25 [The Review]

Equal pay for equal work! 2023-05-13 [BSRB]

Hotel Employees and Truck Drivers On Strike 2023-03-05 [Grapevine]

The Labour Dispute Heats Up As SA Approves Efling Work Ban 2023-03-05 [Grapevine]

Union Optimistic Management Will Approve Short-Term Collective Bargaining Agreement 2022-12-05 [Grapevine]

Icelandair Considers The Possibility Of Negotiating A New Trade Union For Flight Attendants 2020-05-22 [Reykjavík Grapevine ]

Immigrants Paid Less, Have Fewer Options Than Locally-Born Icelanders, Study Finds 2022-08-28 [Grapevine]

Union chief quits among infighting 2022-08-18 [Nordic Labour Journal]

Taxi Drivers’ Unions Frustrated With Bill 2022-08-07 [Grapevine]

Efling refers talks with Reykjavík to state mediator 2019-09-29 [Efling]

Icelandic tax system – summary of the event 2019-09-29 [Efling]

Opið bréf til félags- og barnamálaráðherra 2020-10-17 [Efling]

Union Declares “Cease Fire”, Strikes In Iceland Postponed 2019-04-03 [Reykjavik Grapevine]

Strike For Reykjavík City Workers In Efling Labour Union Begins Today 2020-02-12 [Grapvine]

Union Shop Stewards: Mass Firing “Wrong, Unwise, And Completely Unnecessary” 2022-04-16 [Grapevine]

Reykjavík and Efling Union Meet to Negotiate 2020-02-18 [Monitor]

Straumsvík Aluminium Smelter Workers Vote to Strike 2020-10-12 [Steel Guru]

‘Abject poverty compels Asha workers to work without pay' 2021-11-28 [The Times]

Pistill forseta - Skerðingalaust ár 2021-01-30 [ASI]

„Konur í kafi – kynjajafnrétti á tímum heimsfaraldurs“ – rafrænn hádegisfundur 8. mars 2021-03-06 [BHM]

Viðmið um tekjur og eignir leigutaka Bjargs hækka 2020-01-07 [BSRB]

There Is Power In The Union: Iceland's Labour Revolution 2018-03-17 [Grapevine]

In Wake Of Worker-Led Actions, Union Head Demands Gov't Make Wage Theft Punishable 2020-07-21 [The Grapevine]

Now that time's up on the gender pay gap in Iceland, here's how other countries can follow suit 2018-02-01 [Equal Times]

48-Hour Tour Bus Driver and Hotel Workers' Strike Starts at Midnight 2019-03-28 [The Review]

Vote on Hotel Workers' Strike Begins 2019-02-26 [Iceland Review]

Ferry Sails to Westman Islands Despite Workers' Strike 2020-07-15 [Review]

Female Managers Must Prove Themselves In Workplace, Survey Finds 2022-06-13 [Grapevine]

RVK Newscast 178: Union Leader Fires Her Entire Staff 2022-04-16 [Grapevine]

Mass Firing At Labour Union On First Day Of New Board In Office 2022-04-12 [Grapevine]

Agreement Reached With Shop Stewards Regarding Mass Firing At Labour Union 2022-04-13 [Grapevine]

Efling Elects New Directorship 2022-02-19 [Grapevine]

New employers' organisation while trade union chair resigns 2021-11-16 [Nordic Labour Journal]

Union Heads Resign: Conflict Between Leadership, Current And Former Members 2021-11-07 [Grapevine]

Wage increase outstrips the rest of Europe 2021-10-13 [Nordic Labour Journal]

Play is flying on wage dumping 2021-09-05 [ASI]

Air Traffic Controllers To Strike Next Week 2021-08-25 [Grapevine]

Four-day week 'an over-whelming success' in Iceland 2021-07-06 [BBC]

Discussions Held In Parliament Over 30 Hour Working Week 2021-05-03 [Grapevine]

Strike at Rio Tinto Begins 2020-10-16 [Review]

Aluminium Smelter Workers Vote to Strike 2020-10-10 [The Financial Review]

Icelandair withdraws mass cabin crew lay-off after new deal emerges 2020-07-19 [Flight Global]

Icelandair and flight attendants make a last-ditch effort to negotiate 2020-07-19 [Monitor]

Icelandair sacks all its cabin crew and says spare pilots must look after passengers 2020-07-19 [The Independent]

Icelandair fires all flight attendants after collective bargaining fails 2020-07-19 [Monitor]

Icelandair orders pilots to take over after dismissing all its cabin crew 2020-07-19 [Flight Global]

Fastsplaining: This Is How Iceland Handles The Coronavirus 2020-03-15 [The Grapevine]

The country paying people to go into quarantine 2020-03-11 [Yahoo]

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