Politics and Society | Iceland Monitor | Wed 11 Jul 2018 | 15.38 GMT

Support meeting for midwives well attended

Support for midwives in their wage dispute.

Support for midwives in their wage dispute. mbl.is/Eggert

 A support meeting at 1.40 this afternoon just before the meeting between the association of midwives and the state negotiator was well attended. 

This is the second time that a public support meeting for midwives is held. The wage dispute between midwives and the state has now gone on for a considerable lenght of time. 

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