2 Dec 2015“Bringing smeltering operations to a halt would be “pointless” and would give Rio Tinto the excuse they are looking for to shut the plant down all together.”
1 Dec 2015Workers at the Rio Tinto Alcan aluminium smelter in Straumsvík, South-West Iceland, could come out on strike from tomorrow if no solution is found to a row over working conditions.
28 Oct 2015A deal struck between the Icelandic State and three Iceland public-servant unions in the early hours of this morning has averted further crippling strike action.
20 Oct 2015“The hospital has been paralysed for a whole year by strike after strike. It is a mercy that nothing serious has happened,” says the CEO of the hospital.
20 Oct 2015Talks between the State and civil-servant unions yesterday failed to yield any resolution and strike action continues into its fourth day today.
16 Oct 2015A large number of police officers have called in sick again today, in what it believed to be unofficial strike action over pay and work conditions
15 Oct 2015While the negotiating parties are reportedly working hard on certain “ideological and methodological issues”, there is great difference of opinion and talks are very fragile.
15 Oct 2015The delays – affecting many of this morning’s flights – were due to long queues at passport control caused by ongoing strike action among civil servants in Iceland. Passengers are said, on the whole, to have taken the delays with good cheer.
15 Oct 2015The group of officers marched in line towards the Icelandic Parliament to take part in a demonstration of solidarity with striking civil servants.
15 Oct 2015As of midnight last night, over 3,500 civil servants in 158 State agencies and institutions have downed tools in coordinated strike action over pay.
14 Oct 2015A last-ditch attempt to resolve differences will be made at a special meeting convened at 10am this morning, but there appears to be insufficient common ground to expect a breakthrough.
13 Oct 2015All performances at Þjóðleikhúsið, Iceland's National Theatre will be cancelled if the SFR Union of Public Servants goes on strike on Thursday.
13 Oct 2015If the Union of Public Servants goes on strike on Thursday, this will mean that the state alcohol shops, Vínbúðin ÁTVR will close Thursday October 15th, Friday October 16th, Monday October 19th and Tuesday October 20th.
13 Oct 2015The Icelandic Ministry of Finance believes that Icelandic police are planning more ‘sickie strikes’ when important Heads of State are due and when national law requires them to provide security.
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