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Major Victory in One of the Wok On Cases at the Court of Appeal

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Major Victory in One of the Wok On Cases at the Court of Appeal [Efling] 04-07-2026


EFBWW-ELA Press Release on first joint inspection in Iceland [EFBWW] 26-05-2026


Three Eimskip ships face standstill as Icelandic seafarers call strike [Baird Maritime] 18-05-2026


They Dare, They Can, They Will: The History of Iceland’s Decades-Strong Women’s Strike Movement [Ms.] 21-03-2026


Second labour minister in a year: Former union boss champions affordable housing [Nordic Labour Journal] 29-01-2026



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Major Victory in One of the Wok On Cases at the Court of Appeal 2026-07-04 [Efling]

Happy Women's Rights Day! 2026-06-19 [Efling]

Nearly 100 Efling Union Representatives Strengthen Ties on Spring Excursion 2026-06-11 [Efling]

A Lively Afternoon at Efling’s Senior Members’ Dance - Photos 2026-06-11 [Efling]

EFBWW-ELA Press Release on first joint inspection in Iceland 2026-05-26 [EFBWW]

Three Eimskip ships face standstill as Icelandic seafarers call strike 2026-05-18 [Baird Maritime]

They Dare, They Can, They Will: The History of Iceland’s Decades-Strong Women’s Strike Movement 2026-03-21 [Ms.]

Get to know the candidates for the VR Board 2026-03-01 [VR]

Bookings open for available holiday homes 2026-03-01 [VR]

VR representatives on the Board of Lífeyrissjóður verzlunarmanna 2026-03-01 [VR]

Second labour minister in a year: Former union boss champions affordable housing 2026-01-29 [Nordic Labour Journal]

Iceland's AI pilot in education: what it really means for teachers 2025-11-25 [ETUCE]

One in three Icelandic women has experienced sexual harassment at work 2025-10-28 [Nordia Labour Journal]

Fifty Years Later, Push For Equality Continues: Remembering The Strike That Stopped The Nation 2025-10-13 [The Grapevine]

Landspítali Staff Upset Over Snack Shortage 2025-05-13 [The Grapevine]

Global ISTP 2025 Opens in Reykjavík: Governments Must Fund Early Childhood Education 2025-03-26 [Education International]

Konur styðja konur 2025-03-09 [ASI]

Negotiations With Teachers Finalised 2025-02-27 [The Grapevine]

Teachers’ Strike Ruled Illegitimate By Labour Court 2025-02-18 [The Grapevine]

Teachers To Resume Strikes 2025-02-01 [The Grapevine]

Europe Uniting for a stronger future: UNI Europa workshop in Iceland 2025-01-24 [UNI Global Union]

Writers’ Union Of Iceland Encourages Authors Boycotting Storytel 2024-11-24 [The Grapevine]

Foreign Worker Threatened For Joining Union 2024-10-06 [The Grapevine]

Landmark Labour Negotiations Concluded 2024-03-12 [The Grapevine]

Another Collective Bargaining Agreement Signed 2024-03-10 [The Review]

40% Of Workers Unable To Make Ends Meet 2024-03-09 [The Grapevine]

The tiny island nation of Iceland has the world's smallest gap between men and women. Women in the country want you to know it's no gender equality 'fairyland.' 2023-12-30 [The Business Insider]

General Women’s Strike Organised For Seventh Time 2023-10-29 [The Grapevine]

Women across Iceland, including the Prime Minister, go on strike for equal pay and no more violence 2023-10-26 [Stuff]

Why are thousands of women, including the Prime Minister of Iceland, on strike? 2023-10-25 [Daily O]

Women go on strike in Iceland, the world's most gender equal society 2023-10-25 [The Union-Leader]

Women across Iceland, including the prime minister, go on strike for equal pay and no more violence 2023-10-25 [BNN]

Women hold all-day strike for gender equality 2023-10-25 [Deutsche Welle]

Unemployed, Not Broke 2023-10-24 [The Grapevine]

PM Katrín Jakobsdóttir joins a national strike for women in 'equality paradise' 2023-10-24 [Europa Press]

Women in Iceland, including the prime minister, to strike over gender inequality 2023-10-24 [CNN]

Women in Iceland go on strike for a day to protest pay gap and violence 2023-10-24 [NBC]

Iceland PM to take part in first women’s strike in almost 50 years: ‘Women’s Day Off’ 2023-10-24 [The Independent]

Women in Iceland, including the Prime Minister to strike over gender inequality 2023-10-24 [CNN]

Do you calll this equality? Icelandic women strike against gender injustice 2023-10-24 [Reuters]

No one was thinking about whether it was an extra burden on women 2023-10-23 [Iceland Monitor]

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]

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]

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