Delegate council

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

  1. Adrian Stoenescu
  2. Agustina A. D. S. Sigurðsson
  3. Aldis Gūža
  4. Alexa Tracia Patrizi
  5. Alexander Laufdal Lund
  6. Ali Soliman Hmedi
  7. Andrea Jóhanna Helgadóttir
  8. Andri Þorsteinsson
  9. Anna Björk Ágústsdóttir
  10. Anna Chorosz
  11. Anna Peta Guðmundsdóttir
  12. Anna Sigurlína Tómasdóttir
  13. Bárður Heiðar Sigurðsson
  14. Benitha Oaes
  15. Benni Bharat Singh
  16. Berglind Rut Terrazas
  17. Blessing Nkiruka Chukwu Akunne
  18. Bozena Bronislawa Raczkowska
  19. Christine Linda Whalley
  20. Dario Sabalic
  21. Dariusz Rodak
  22. Edison Cabanlit
  23. Elver Jair Arias Tabares
  24. Ewa Wyzga
  25. Gintautas Varskevicius
  26. Gígja Máni Jörgens
  27. Greta Íris Karlsdóttir
  28. Grétar Sigurðsson
  29. Guðmundur Hafsteinsson
  30. Guðmundur Ingi Þóroddsson
  31. Heiðberg Leó Hreinsson
  32. Hilmar Axelsson
  33. Hjördís Bech Ásgeirsdóttir
  34. Hlíf Berglind Óskarsdóttir
  35. Hlynur Gauti Ómarsson
  36. Hólmfríður Erla Hestnes
  37. Hrannar Freyr Abrahamsen
  38. Hreinn Jónsson
  39. Hörður Aðalsteinsson
  40. Inga Elín Guðmundsdóttir
  41. Ingi Valgeir Ingason
  42. Ingólfur Eðvar Skarphéðinsson
  43. Jóhanna Marta Kristensen
  44. Jóhannes Sævar Soffíuson
  45. Jón Ísak Hróarsson
  46. Karina Maybely Orellana Rojas
  47. Katarzyna Mikielska
  48. Kristín Ketilsdóttir
  49. Kristján Benediktsson
  50. Lilja Guðrún Lange
  51. Lina Zabelo
  52. Linda Hrönn Geirsdóttir
  53. Liudmyla Vovnenko
  54. Lorenzo Marku
  55. Lucyna Dybka
  56. Mads Holm
  57. Magnús Emil Bech
  58. Magnús Már Aðalheiðar. Pálsson
  59. Maria Ignacia Russell Leay
  60. María Sævarsdóttir
  61. Marjulie Oquino Miano
  62. Marta Mirzwa
  63. Mary Jane Gonzales Munoz
  64. Olivera Kovacev
  65. Orri Thor Eggertsson
  66. Ólöf Snorradóttir
  67. Óskar Jafet Hlöðversson
  68. Petrína Inga Kristjánsdóttir
  69. Ragnar Ólason
  70. Regina Buric
  71. Reynaldo Curato Renegado
  72. Richard Mester
  73. Rosaline Regalado Gimenez
  74. Roymer Lyonel Bautista Mora
  75. Sandra Isabel Munoz Pineda
  76. Sesar Logi Hreinsson
  77. Signe Reidun Skarsbö
  78. Sigrún Margrét Indriðadóttir
  79. Sigurjón Ármann Björnsson
  80. Sigurjón Jónsson
  81. Sina Lauche
  82. Sólrún Stefánsdóttir
  83. Suphawat Yoophithakwong
  84. Thelma Björk Brynjólfsdóttir
  85. Tri Adhi Sugiharto
  86. Valtýr Björn Thors
  87. Vania Valentinova Koleva
  88. Vigdís Einarsdóttir Hagerup
  89. Þórhildur Svavarsdóttir
  90. Þórunn Jóna Skjaldardóttir
  91. 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 2025-2026

Thursday September 4 2025

Agenda:

  1. The meeting schedule of the Delegate Council for the winter 2025-2026.
  2. The status of negotiations with SFV.
  3. Mark Bergfeld from UNI Global Union.​​​​​​
  4. Other matters.

Meeting minutes

Thursday October 16 2025

Agenda TBA

Thursday November 13 2025

Agenda TBA

Thursday December 11 2025

Agenda TBA

Thursday January 15 2026

Agenda TBA

Thursday February 12 2026

Agenda TBA

Thursday March 12 2026

Agenda TBA

Thursday April 9 2026

Agenda TBA

Thursday May 21 2026

Agenda TBA

Delegate Council meetings 2024-2025

Thursday September 12, 2024

Agenda:

  1. Ítalia-case.
  2. Proposal for a declaration of the delegate council regarding wage theft in Ítalía.
  3. Other matters.

Meeting minutes.

Thursday October 3, 2024

Also a membership meeting.

Agenda:

  1. The status of the collective bargaining with SFV (The Associaton of Companies in Welfare Services).
  2. Presentation of the government plan to cut funds that are meant to equalise the burden of pension funds due to disability.
  3. Presentation Efling’s participation in Nordic cooperation.
  4. Election of members to the nomination committee.
  5. The list of Efling’s representatives to the ASÍ congress presented for approval.
  6. Other matters.

Meeting minutes.

Thursday November 14, 2024

Agenda:

  1. Renovations of the Efling offices – a presentation
  2. The appointment of the Elections Committee
  3. Delegate Council business
  4. Union activities
  5. Other matters

Meeting minutes.

Thursday December 12, 2024

Agenda:

  1. Appointment of a new delegate council
  2. Other matters

Meeting minutes.

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:

  1. The business of the Delegate Council in the coming operations year.
  2. Appoinment of the negotiations committee and its business this winter.
  3. Action plan for increasing the number of union reps – presentation (Viðar
    Þorsteinsson, director of education and membership affairs).
  4. Other matters.

Meeting minutes

Thursday October 5th 2023

Agenda:

  1. Improving the electronic services of Efling (Rínar Magnússon, service director)
  2. Layoffs at the Grund homes in Hveragerði
  3. Increasing union rep numbers – continued (Viðar Þorsteinsson, membership affairs)
  4. Status of collective bargaining negotiations
  5. Other matters

Meeting minutes

Thursday November 9th 2023

Agenda:

  1. The status of preparations for negotiations – Sólveig Anna Jónsdóttir
  2. ASÍ proposals about changes to benefits systems – Stefán Ólafsson
  3. Other matters

Meeting minutes

Thursday December 7th 2023

Agenda:

  1. Preparation for collective bargaining and the work of the negotiations committee
  2. Increasing the number of union reps and their activity.
  3. International cooperation.
  4. Christmas buffet for active members
  5. Other matters.

Meeting minutes

Thursday January 11th 2024

Agenda:

  1. Collective bargaining with SA
  2. Other matters

Meeting minutes

Thursday February 8th 2024

Agenda:

  1. Collective bargaining
  2. The proposal of the nomination committee for a list of candidates for the board of Efling and auditors of accounts.
  3. Other matters.

Meeting minutes

Thursday March 7th 2024

CANCELLED

Thursday April 4th 2024

Agenda:

  1. Status of collective bargaining in the public sector.
  2. Changes to the Organisation of Union Representatives.
  3. Other matters.

Meeting minutes

Thursday May 2nd 2024

Agenda:

  1. Discussion about the status of Efling’s sickness benefits fund.
  2. The status of the collective bargaining in the public sector.
  3. Proposals of the nomination committee for the boards of Efling funds for the period 2024-2026.
  4. Changes to the resolution on the role of union representatives.
  5. Other matters.

Meeting minutes

Delegate Council meetings 2022-23

Thursday september 15th

Agenda:

  1. The members survey on economic conditions and opinions: Presentation of preliminary results.
  2. Collective bargaining: Demands and preparation for negotiations with SA.
  3. 45th ASÍ Congress: Appointment of the Efling representatives.
  4. Other issues.

Meeting minutes

Thursday October 20th

Agenda:

  1. The situation following the ASÍ congress.
  2. Negotiations: Appointment of nominations committee and shaping our demands.
  3. Other matters.

Meeting minutes

Thursday November 17th

Agenda:

  1. Voting of Nomination Committee.
  2. Voting of Elections Committee.
  3. The collective bargaining and the work of the negotiations committee.
  4. The condition of tenants and the work of the Association of Tenants in Iceland.
  5. Other matters.

Meeting minutes

Thursday December 15th

Agenda:

  1. The proposal of the nomination committee for a new delegate council.
  2. A proposal for changes to the terms and conditions of Efling board members.

Meeting minutes

Thursday January 19th

Agenda:

  1. Collective bargaining.
  2. The meeting schedule of the delegate council.
  3. Other matters.

Meeting minutes

Thursday February 16th

Agenda:

  1. The collective bargaining with SA
  2. Proposal of the Nomination Committee for Appointments to the Board of Efling 2023
  3. Other matters

Meeting minutes

Thursday March 23rd

Agenda:

  1. Lessons from the collective bargaining with SA.
  2. Collective bargaining in the public sector.
  3. Efling’s membership of Starfsgreinasambandið (SGS)
  4. Appointment to the Gildi representative council.
  5. Other matters.

Meeting minutes

Thursday May 25th

Agenda:

  1. Presentation of the results from the survey of Varða about the situation of working people.
  2. Short speech from the chairman.
  3. Other matters.

Meeting minutes

Delegate Council meetings 2021-22

Thursday March 10th

Agenda:

  1. Meeting minutes of past meetings
  2. What has been gained in the fight and what is next – Stefán Ólafsson
  3. Other matters

Meeting minutes

Wednesday February 16th

Results of the board election was introduced and the date for the annual meeting was discussed.

Agenda:

  1. Vote a meeting secretery
  2. Meeting minutes of last meetings
  3. Stefán Ólafsson, presents Kjarafréttir
  4. Results of the elections
  5. General meeting – Continued discussions on general meeting and when to have it.
  6. Other matters

Meeting minutes

Thursday January 13th

At the meeting, the A-list of the nomination committee was presented and voted on. The A-list was accepted.

Agenda:

  1. Memorandum from Karl Ó. Karlsson, lawyer of Efling regarding the general meeting
  2. List from the nomination committee introduced
  3. Election
  4. Other matters

Meeting minutes

Thursday Desember 9

Agenda:

  1. Agenda of membership meeting
  2. Other matters

After the Delegate council meeting a membership meeting began with an introduction from Stefán Ólafsson.

Meeting minutes

Friday November 19

Council of Delegate came together for an extra meeting.

Agenda:

  1. 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.
  2. Union affair. Sólveig Anna Jónsdóttir was a guest on the meeting
  3. 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:

  1. The union work of Efling members – experience from last winter and how to progress (Viðar Þorsteinsson)
  2. Other matters

Meeting minutes

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:

  1. The Board’s annual report
  2. The Union’s reviewed accounts are submitted
  3. Election results of the Board and the Delegate Council
  4. Changes to the rules of sickness benefits fund
  5. Other matters

Efling Annual Report and audited accounts 2020-2021

Efling annual general meeting – Minutes

Thursday April 8th 2021

Agenda

  • “World Record in Cuts” – Stefán Ólafsson speaks about pension payouts in Iceland – Watch
  • Other matters

Meeting minutes

More information on the agenda

News

“A world-record in cuts” – the wages of pensioners discussed during a meeting of the delegate council of Efling

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

Meeting minute

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

Meeting minute

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

Meeting minute

News

Wage theft covered during a meeting of the confidential council

Delegate Council´s Newsletter

October 2021

September 2021

May 2021

April 2021

March 2021