Labor workers in Efling union are in a particularly difficult situations in terms of earnings, housing costs, financial constraints, stress and health conditions and rights violations in the labor market. This was shown by Varða’s survey survey among members of ASÍ and BSRB from spring of 2023. You can read the results of the survey HERE.
Those who create the value deserve better. Let’s fight together for better working conditions.
The housing burden of labor workers
- Housing costs for members of Efling take more than half of all their disposable income.
- An ever-growing group of members of Efling gets stuck in the rental market.
- Only a little over a third of Efling’s members are able to own their own housing.
- The crisis in the housing market hits Efling’s members the hardest.
Source: Varða survey 2023
Financial conditions
- About 60% of Efling’s members find it difficult to make ends meet.
- Efling´s members have the worst financial conditions in the labor market.
- The difficulties of labor workers’ households have worsened dramatically.
Source: Varða survey 2023
The Efling women´s conditions
- About 63% of the women in Efling find it difficult to make ends meet.
- More than half of the women in Efling struggle with paying housing cost.
- About 55% the women in Efling cannot meet unexpected expenses of ISK 80,000.
Source: Varða survey 2023
