Alda and collaborative project on human rights and business

For the last two years Alda has been involved in an interesting multinational collaborative project called Lighthouse Keepers, Business and Human Rights In CCE and Central Asia. The project concluded this summer. Alda’s involvement in the project was diverse. Alda organized the workshop ‘Transparency, ethics and the relationship of NGO’s and Business, in Iceland June…

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Alda’s Annual General Meeting 2020

Alda’s Annual General Meeting was held on 19th of October 2020, via Zoom due to ongoing coronavirus pandemic. A new board was elected, consisting of the following people: * Þorvarður B. Kjartansson, BSc Computer Science * Sævar Finnbogason, PhD student in Philosophy and Democracy Studies * Kristján Gunnarsson, Molecular Biologist and Computer Scientist * Guðmundur…

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Alda’s Annual General Meeting and new Board

Alda’s Annual General Meeting was held on 12th of October 2019, at Barónsstígur 3, Reykjavík. A new board was elected, consisting of the following people: * Þorvarður B. Kjartansson, BSc Computer Science * Sævar Finnbogason, PhD student in Philosophy and Democracy Studies * Kristján Gunnarsson, Molecular Biologist and Computer Scientist * Guðmundur D. Haraldsson, MSc…

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Iceland: Working-hours cut in new contracts

Recently major collective contracts on pay and benefits were signed in Iceland. These agreements impact most workers in Iceland in one way or another, with almost every working person in the country benefiting at least from increase in pay. Significantly to Alda’s mission, these contracts have provisions in them about working-hours. Some of the contracts…

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Alda’s Annual General Meeting and new Board

Alda’s Annual General Meeting was held today, on October 13th 2018, at Barónsstígur 3, Reykjavík. A new board was elected, consisting of the following people: * Bergljót Gunnlaugsdóttir, degree in European Studies, Information Scientist * Sævar Finnbogason, PhD student in Philosophy and Democracy Studies * Kristján Gunnarsson, Molecular Biologist and Computer Scientist * Guðmundur D.…

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