A recent survey conducted amongst public sector workers in Iceland reveals that a large majority of workers are satisfied with the shorter hours introduced last year. On the whole, 71% are satisfied with the shorter hours. The survey also reveals that over 63% of workers reported that shorter hours impacted their work positively. The results…
Read MoreAlda and the UK based think-tank Autonomy today publish the first comprehensive report on the Icelandic trials of shorter hours that were conducted in 2015-2019. The trials were run by both Reykjavik City and the Icelandic government. The main results of the report are: From 2015-2019, Iceland ran two large-scale trials of a reduced working…
Read MoreAlda’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…
Read MoreIn January 2019, Alda held a conference on the feasibility and benefits of shortening working hours in Iceland. The talks were recorded and one of the talks is now available online, with English subtitles. This is the talk by Sonja Ýr, leader of BSRB. The talk is available to view below. More information on the…
Read MoreRecently 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…
Read MoreAnnual General Meeting of Alda, Association for Sustainability and Democracy will be held on the 13th of October 2018, at Múlti-Kúltí, Barónsstíg 3, Reykjavík. Programme for the meeting will be as follows: 1. Moderator for the meeting elected 2. Report of the board presented 3. Accounts for the last year presented 4. Discussion on report…
Read MoreIn the beginning of February, a bill was put forward in Alþingi, the Icelandic Parliament, aiming to reduce the legal working week in Iceland from 40 hours to 35 hours; a move that would potentially move the country closer to other Scandinavian countries in terms of working culture. In late March, Alda sent in detailed…
Read MoreAlda recently submitted commentary to Alþingi, Iceland’s parliament, on a bill that would further safeguard free speech of the media which the association currently finds lacking. The bill curtails the powers of district commissioners (sýslumenn) in their ability to impose restrictive injunctions on media companies. As things stand today district commissioners can impose arbitrary injunctions…
Read MoreRecently Alda submitted commentary to Alþingi — the Icelandic parliament — on a bill that would allow younger voters to vote in council-elections. The bill, if passed as law, would enable people from 16 years of age to vote, while the current minimum is 18 years. Alda endorses the bill. Our reasoning is that it…
Read MoreThe following article was written by Kristinn Már Ársælsson, a member of our board. openDemocracy published the article on their website on the 12th of November 2012 (see here). After the crash that destroyed Iceland’s economy, Icelanders started to take an interest in new forms of political and economic governance. So – what can we…
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