Information about strike in english

Where to vote?

We use our webpage - and you need electronic ID or Íslykil. Use the link below. (The link will be active from 9:00 o'clock on monday 17. feb. to 20:00 o'clock wednesday 19. feb.)

The ballot it self is in Icelandic but on it is the places where we will strike and also the dates, these information are also hera on the website. You can speak with office telefone 525 8383

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Why strike?

Wage agreements of Kjölur union with the government, and Samband Íslenskra Sveitarfélaga (Icelandic Association of Local Authorities) have been open since 31 March 2019, or almost for a whole year.

Important matters to be discussed We have tried as hard as we possibly can to obtain agreements. But conclusions on important matters have still not been reached, such as:

  • Setting wages
  • Equalling wages between public servants (government employees) and employees on the general job market
  • Shortening of the working week
  • Implementation of wage drift insurance
  • Other important issues, such as vacation matters, training issues, increased payments in the subsidy and sickness fund, etc. Negotiators have also demanded that we give up important rights from the wage agreement, which we have always steadfastly refused to do and completely rejected.

We have been offered lower wage increases than were agreed on the general market in the so-called “standard of living agreement”. We have had enough It must be mentioned that discussions on all of these aspects have taken an enormous amount of time and have been very difficult. It seems that negotiators have decided to tire us out until we give up – which will not happen.

WAGE AGREEMENTS NOW!

Who is going on strike? All or some?
The strike procedures will be of two kinds:

A general strike, in which all members who work for the government stop working temporarily for a specified period of time that is decided before the strike begins.

Strikes restricted to institutions, in which certain institutions will go on indefinite strike until negotiations have been completed.

Those who will go on general strike are members of Kjölur who work for:

  • Akureyrarbæ
  • Borgarbyggð
  • Blönduósbær
  • Dalvíkurbyggð
  • Eyjafjarðarsveit
  • Fjallabyggð
  • Grýtubakkahreppur
  • Húnaþing vestra
  • Hörgársveit
  • Sambands sveitarfélaga á Vesturlandi SSV
  • Skagabyggð
  • Sorpurðun Vesturlands
  • Sveitarfélagið Skagafjörður
  • Sveitarfélagið Skagaströnd
  • Svalbarðshreppur

Ríkisstofnanir eru Heilbrigðisstofnun Norðurlands,  HSN 

In a general strike, Kjölur´s members of the employers mentioned above will stop working on the following days:

  • From and including 00:00 (midnight) Monday 9 March 2020 until 00.00 (midnight) Wednesday 11 March 2020 (two whole days)
  • From and including 00:00 (midnight) Tuesday 17 March 2020 until 00.00 (midnight) Thursday 19 March 2020 (two whole days)
  • From and including 00:00 (midnight) Tuesday 24 March 2020 until 00.00 (midnight) Wednesday 25 March 2020 (one whole day)
  • From and including 00:00 (midnight) Thursday 26 March 2020 until 00.00 (midnight) Friday 27 March 2020 (one whole day)
  • From and including 00:00 (midnight) Tuesday 31 March 2020 until 00.00 (midnight) Thursday 1 April 2020 (two whole days)
  • Indefinite, from and including 00:00 (midnight) Wednesday 15 April 2020