​A symposium organised by Efling, SGS and ASÍ on the situation of foreign labour in Iceland

Interesting lectures and discussions live streamed from the organizations media February 23 – 26, 2021.

All events will be interpreted in English and Icelandic.

February 23, 15:00–16:00

The reality of foreign workers in Iceland

Kristín Heba Gísladóttir, managing director at Varða presents the main results of a new survey on the reality of foreign workers in the Icelandic labor market

Drífa Snædal, president of ASÍ leads a discussion

• Anna Wojtynska, postdoctoral researcher in anthropology at HÍ.
• Hallfríður Þórarinsdóttir, managing director at Mirra
• Kristín Heba Gísladóttir, managing director at Varða

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February 25th, 15:00–16:00

Helping hands in Icelandic tourism

Viðar Þorsteinsson, managing director at Efling, leads a discussion on the contribution of foreign workers to Icelandic tourism

• “Tourism workers shouldn’t be seen as disposable junk”, Magnfríður Júlíusdóttir, lecturer in human geography at HÍ.
• Foreign labour’s experience of covid in tourism, Arndís Ósk Magnúsdóttir, at the HÍ research institute in Höfn.
• Take the opportunity, build exemplary tourism, Guðbjörg Kristmundsdóttir, chairman of Verkalýðs- og sjómannafélag Keflavíkur og nágrennis and of ASÍ’s working group on the development of tourism

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