A Delegate Council shall operate within the Union, and it has the supreme power in the Union’s matters between Board meetings, unless otherwise is stated in the Union’s bylaws. The Union’s Board members sit in the Delegate Council, together with 115 Union members’ delegates. A complete Delegate Council has 130 members. The electoral term for the Delegate Council is two years and it starts on January 1st following an election.
Delegate Council meetings are held once a month. The schedule of meetings can be seen here below.
Delegate council of Efling 2025-2026
- Adrian Stoenescu
- Agustina A. D. S. Sigurðsson
- Alexa Tracia Patrizi
- Alexander Laufdal Lund
- Ali Soliman Hmedi
- Andrea Jóhanna Helgadóttir
- Andri Þorsteinsson
- Anna Björk Ágústsdóttir
- Anna Peta Guðmundsdóttir
- Anna Sigurlína Tómasdóttir
- Annabelle Andam Leonar
- Ara Angel Torrentira Rodrigo
- Ásgeir Tranberg
- Áslaug Hrund Reimarsdóttir
- Ásthildur J L Kolbeins
- Bárður Heiðar Sigurðsson
- Benitha Oaes
- Benni Bharat Singh
- Berglind Rut Terrazas
- Birna Eyvör Jónsdóttir
- Bjarni Atlason
- Blesing Nkiruka Chukwu Akunne
- Bozena Bronislawa Raczkowska
- Brynhildur Jónsdóttir
- Candice Bridget Korevaar
- Christine Linda Whalley
- Dagmara Izabela Mlodkowska
- Dariusz Rodak
- Elín Bára Lúthersdóttir
- Elver Jair Arias Tabares
- Eyvindur Þorsteinsson
- Fríða Johanna Hammer
- Gintautas Varskevicius
- Gígja Máni Jörgens
- Greta Íris Karlsdóttir
- Grétar Sigurðsson
- Guðmundur Hafsteinsson
- Guðmundur Ingi Þóroddsson
- Guðmundur Már Ingimarsson
- Heiðberg Leó Hreinsson
- Helena Björk Arnardóttir
- Heully Raysan Santos Dantas
- Hilmar Axelsson
- Hjördís Bech Ásgeirsdóttir
- Hjördís María Karlsdóttir
- Hlíf Berglind Óskarsdóttir
- Hlynur Gauti Ómarsson
- Hólmfríður Björg Þorvaldsdóttir
- Hólmfríður Erla Hestnes
- Hrannar Freyr Abrahamsen
- Hreinn Jónsson
- Hulda Margrét Pétursdóttir
- Hörður Aðalsteinsson
- Inga Elín Guðmundsdóttir
- Ingi Valgeir Ingason
- Ingibjörg Einarsdóttir
- Ísak Jónsson
- Jóhanna Marta Kristensen
- Jóhannes Sævar Soffíuson
- Jón Ísak Hróarsson
- Jóna Karen Jensdóttir
- Katarzyna Mikielska
- Katrín Phumipraman
- Kristín Inga Jespersen
- Kristján Benediktsson
- Laura Barsciaviciene
- Lilja Guðrún Lange
- Lina Zabelo
- Linda Hrönn Geirsdóttir
- Liudmyla Vovnenko
- Lucyna Dybka
- Mads Holm
- Magnús Emil Bech
- Magnús Már Aðalheiðar. Pálsson
- Marek Bargiel
- Maria Ignacia Russell Leay
- María Sævarsdóttir
- Mary Jane Gonzales Munoz
- Maryuri Andreina Edwards Quero
- Matthildur Inga Samúelsdóttir
- Orri Thor Eggertsson
- Ólöf Snorradóttir
- Óskar Jafet Hlöðversson
- Pawel Piotr Sztuba
- Pedro Miguel J. Pereira Cardoso
- Petrína Inga Kristjánsdóttir
- Piotr Jaryna
- Ragnar Ólason
- Rakel Ósk Þórðardóttir
- Regina Buric
- Reynaldo Curato Renegado
- Roger John Young
- Rosaline Regalado Gimenez
- Roymer Lyonel Bautista Mora
- Sandra Isabel Munoz Pineda
- Sesar Logi Hreinsson
- Sigita Halldórsson
- Sigita Vernere
- Signe Reidun Skarsbö
- Sigrún Margrét Indriðadóttir
- Sigurjón Ármann Björnsson
- Sigurjón Jónsson
- Sina Lauche
- Sólrún Stefánsdóttir
- Suphawat Yoophithakwong
- Thelma Björk Brynjólfsdóttir
- Valtýr Björn Thors
- Vania Valentinova Koleva
- Vasile-Tibor Andor
- Vigdís Einarsdóttir Hagerup
- Vladislava Karpova
- Þorsteinn Freyr Friðbjörnsson
- Þórhildur Svavarsdóttir
- Þórunn Jóna Skjaldardóttir
- Örvar Þór Guðmundsson
Board members of Efling union also automatically have a seat on the delegate council.
Purpose and procedures
Refund regulation
Delegate Council meetings 2024-2025
Thursday September 12, 2024
Agenda:
- Ítalia-case.
- Proposal for a declaration of the delegate council regarding wage theft in Ítalía.
- Other matters.
Thursday October 3, 2024
Also a membership meeting.
Agenda:
- The status of the collective bargaining with SFV (The Associaton of Companies in Welfare Services).
- Presentation of the government plan to cut funds that are meant to equalise the burden of pension funds due to disability.
- Presentation Efling’s participation in Nordic cooperation.
- Election of members to the nomination committee.
- The list of Efling’s representatives to the ASÍ congress presented for approval.
- Other matters.
Thursday November 14, 2024
Agenda:
- Renovations of the Efling offices – a presentation
- The appointment of the Elections Committee
- Delegate Council business
- Union activities
- Other matters
Thursday December 12, 2024
Thursday January 9, 2025
Also membership meeting. Agenda TBA.
Thursday February 6, 2025
Agenda TBA.
Thursday March 6, 2025
Agenda TBA.
Thursday April 3, 2025
Also a membership meeting. Agenda TBA.
Thursday May 8, 2025
Agenda TBA.
Delegate Council meetings 2023-24
Thursday September 7th 2023
Agenda:
- The business of the Delegate Council in the coming operations year.
- Appoinment of the negotiations committee and its business this winter.
- Action plan for increasing the number of union reps – presentation (Viðar
Þorsteinsson, director of education and membership affairs). - Other matters.
Thursday October 5th 2023
Agenda:
- Improving the electronic services of Efling (Rínar Magnússon, service director)
- Layoffs at the Grund homes in Hveragerði
- Increasing union rep numbers – continued (Viðar Þorsteinsson, membership affairs)
- Status of collective bargaining negotiations
- Other matters
Thursday November 9th 2023
Agenda:
- The status of preparations for negotiations – Sólveig Anna Jónsdóttir
- ASÍ proposals about changes to benefits systems – Stefán Ólafsson
- Other matters
Thursday December 7th 2023
Agenda:
- Preparation for collective bargaining and the work of the negotiations committee
- Increasing the number of union reps and their activity.
- International cooperation.
- Christmas buffet for active members
- Other matters.
Thursday January 11th 2024
Thursday February 8th 2024
Agenda:
- Collective bargaining
- The proposal of the nomination committee for a list of candidates for the board of Efling and auditors of accounts.
- Other matters.
Thursday March 7th 2024
CANCELLED
Thursday April 4th 2024
Agenda:
- Status of collective bargaining in the public sector.
- Changes to the Organisation of Union Representatives.
- Other matters.
Thursday May 2nd 2024
Agenda:
- Discussion about the status of Efling’s sickness benefits fund.
- The status of the collective bargaining in the public sector.
- Proposals of the nomination committee for the boards of Efling funds for the period 2024-2026.
- Changes to the resolution on the role of union representatives.
- Other matters.
Delegate Council meetings 2022-23
Thursday september 15th
Agenda:
- The members survey on economic conditions and opinions: Presentation of preliminary results.
- Collective bargaining: Demands and preparation for negotiations with SA.
- 45th ASÍ Congress: Appointment of the Efling representatives.
- Other issues.
Thursday October 20th
Agenda:
- The situation following the ASÍ congress.
- Negotiations: Appointment of nominations committee and shaping our demands.
- Other matters.
Thursday November 17th
Agenda:
- Voting of Nomination Committee.
- Voting of Elections Committee.
- The collective bargaining and the work of the negotiations committee.
- The condition of tenants and the work of the Association of Tenants in Iceland.
- Other matters.
Thursday December 15th
Agenda:
- The proposal of the nomination committee for a new delegate council.
- A proposal for changes to the terms and conditions of Efling board members.
Thursday January 19th
Agenda:
- Collective bargaining.
- The meeting schedule of the delegate council.
- Other matters.
Thursday February 16th
Agenda:
- The collective bargaining with SA
- Proposal of the Nomination Committee for Appointments to the Board of Efling 2023
- Other matters
Thursday March 23rd
Agenda:
- Lessons from the collective bargaining with SA.
- Collective bargaining in the public sector.
- Efling’s membership of Starfsgreinasambandið (SGS)
- Appointment to the Gildi representative council.
- Other matters.
Thursday May 25th
Agenda:
- Presentation of the results from the survey of Varða about the situation of working people.
- Short speech from the chairman.
- Other matters.
Delegate Council meetings 2021-22
Thursday March 10th
Agenda:
- Meeting minutes of past meetings
- What has been gained in the fight and what is next – Stefán Ólafsson
- Other matters
Meeting minutes
Wednesday February 16th
Results of the board election was introduced and the date for the annual meeting was discussed.
Agenda:
- Vote a meeting secretery
- Meeting minutes of last meetings
- Stefán Ólafsson, presents Kjarafréttir
- Results of the elections
- General meeting – Continued discussions on general meeting and when to have it.
- Other matters
Thursday January 13th
At the meeting, the A-list of the nomination committee was presented and voted on. The A-list was accepted.
Agenda:
- Memorandum from Karl Ó. Karlsson, lawyer of Efling regarding the general meeting
- List from the nomination committee introduced
- Election
- Other matters
Meeting minutes
Thursday Desember 9
Agenda:
- Agenda of membership meeting
- Other matters
After the Delegate council meeting a membership meeting began with an introduction from Stefán Ólafsson.
Friday November 19
Council of Delegate came together for an extra meeting.
Agenda:
- The proposal from Daníel Örn Arnarsson about breach of confidence within the board and possible sanction decision according to the 8th paragraph of Eflings bylaws.
- Union affair. Sólveig Anna Jónsdóttir was a guest on the meeting
- Other matters
Meeting minutes
Thursday November 11
The council agreed to move the election up because of Sólveig Anna Jónsdóttir and Viðar Þorsteinsson resignation. The meeting also decided to have an extra meeting Friday November 19.
Thursday September 16
The topic of the meeting was a discussion of the tasks ahead this winter. Reykjavík airport ramp loaders was invited to the meeting, as guests of honour.
Agenda:
- Tasks large and small this winter – presentation by Sólveig Anna Jónsdóttir
- Council work
- The case of Efling members working as ramp loaders at Reykjavík airport
- Other matters
Meeting minutes
Wednesday 19th 2021
In the meeting the focus was on the important internal work that we do in the Union. Viðar Þorsteinsson CEO gave a presentation where the experience of innovations in the work of the Delegate Council this past winter will be reviewed and how we can use it in the work going forward next winter, much remains to be done. The collective agreements will be reviewed in September, the SGS (Federation of General and Special workers in Iceland) Congress will be held in October and it will soon be time for us to mobilize members to participate in the process of drafting demands against our counterparts in the collective negotiations which will begin in the autumn of 2022. Following Viðar’s presentation there was a discussions, it is essential that members have a say in the union matters and internal work.
Agenda:
- The union work of Efling members – experience from last winter and how to progress (Viðar Þorsteinsson)
- Other matters
May 6th 2021 Annual General meeting of Efling
Efling´s 2021 annual general meeting will be held on Thursday, May 6th at 19:30 via Zoom.
Agenda:
- The Board’s annual report
- The Union’s reviewed accounts are submitted
- Election results of the Board and the Delegate Council
- Changes to the rules of sickness benefits fund
- Other matters
Thursday April 8th 2021
Agenda
- “World Record in Cuts” – Stefán Ólafsson speaks about pension payouts in Iceland – Watch
- Other matters
More information on the agenda
News
Thursday March 11th 2021
Agenda
- The government’s green paper – Sólveig Anna Jónsdóttir, Chairman of Efling – Watch
- New homepage of Efling – presentation – Anna Gunnhildur Ólafsdóttir, Efling
- Other issues
More information on the agenda
News
Union members reject the reimplementation of SALEK in the guise of “The Green Paper”
Thursday February 11th 2021
Agenda
- Workplace democracy – Steinunn Böðvarsdóttir, VR – Watch
- My pages – presentation – Ingibjörg Ólafsdóttir, Efling
- Other issues
More information on the agenda
News
Workplace Democracy the Subject of Last Night‘s Meeting of Efling‘s Board of Trustees
Thursday January 14th 2021
Agenda
- Role of the Delegate Council – presentation – Valgerður Árnadóttir, Team leader – Organising
- Lessons from Efling´s collective bargaining. Viðar Þorsteinsson, managing director of Efling
- Other issues
News
Wage theft covered during a meeting of the confidential council