The Iceland Symphony Orchestra will go on strike from Thursday if its members cannot agree a new pay deal. Read the full story
Posted on 31 October 2011.
The Iceland Symphony Orchestra will go on strike from Thursday if its members cannot agree a new pay deal. Read the full story
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Posted on 17 August 2011.
It was reported yesterday that the Association of Icelandic Municipalities believes local governments can keep their pre-schools open as usual despite the pre-school teachers’ strike scheduled to begin on Monday. Now the teachers may resort to physically blocking doorways. Read the full story
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Posted on 28 June 2011.
Among thousands of stranded tourists across Greece, around 180 customers of the Icelandic travel agency Vita are currently stranded on Corfu, to the south of the Greek mainland, due to the general strike called by Greek unions yesterday. Read the full story
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Posted on 25 October 2010.
Yesterday marked 35 years since Icelandic women first dropped everything and went on a de facto strike to highlight their importance to society. It is thought some 90 percent of all women in Iceland took that day off in order to demand the same rights and wages as men. Read the full story
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Posted on 14 August 2010.
A meeting between representatives of fire fighters, ambulance crews and local authorities ended Friday morning without a new pay agreement, meaning yesterday’s planned strike went ahead as expected and more industrial action is expected. Read the full story
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Posted on 16 July 2010.
Some 200 Icelandic fire fighters and ambulance drivers are set to go on strike after failed pay negotiations. Read the full story
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Posted on 14 May 2010.
Striking food workers in Finland have sent the purchasing public scurrying across the border to Sweden for supplies. Read the full story
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Posted on 14 April 2010.
Retail strikes will take place across Finland on Friday, after a compromise was rejected by the Finnish Service United Union (PAM). Read the full story
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Posted on 21 July 2009.
If Air Greenland’s cabin crews go ahead with their planned strike on 23 July, up to 2,000 passengers could be affected. The airline’s website states “After long negotiations the parties have not come up with a satisfactory agreement. Air Greenland has gone very far in trying to find a solution and regret that the situation has come to a conflict.” Read the full story
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Posted on 19 October 2008.
As many as two thousand people protested in a demonstration in Reykjavik yesterday against the management of the Central Bank of Iceland.
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