Timarit Eflingar

TÍMARIT EFLINGAR-STÉTTARFÉLAGS 17 Discrimination in the labor market A symposium by Efling, SGS and ASÍ on the situation of foreign labour in Iceland Live stream from the organization media February 23 d – 26 th 2021 February 23 d , 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 work- ers 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. February 25 th , 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 , geography lecturer 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. February 24 th , 15:00–16:00 Gig work and vulnerability in the Icelandic labor market Sólveig Anna Jónsdóttir , chairman of Efling, leads a discussion about the situation of Polish workers in Iceland. • Adda Guðrún Gylfadóttir , sociologist at HÍ. • Agnieszka Ewa Ziólkowska , Efling vice chairman. • Piotr Roicki , former hotel worker and member in Efling. February 26 th , 13:00–14:00 Labor trafficking – Reality in Iceland Halla Gunnarsdóttir , managing director of ASÍ, leads a discussion about labor trafficking in Iceland. • Ragna Björg Guðbrandsdóttir , team manager of the executive team for human trafficking in Bjarkarhlíð. • Logan Smith Sigurðsson , victim of human trafficking, activist and chairman at Stop the Traffik Iceland. • Margrét Steinarsdóttir , managing director of the Icelandic human rights center and member of the executive team for human trafficking in Bjarkarhlíð.