We Are Foreign and We Feel Welcome in Efling Union Barbara Sawka, Ian McDonald, Innocentia Fiati Fridgeirsson, Karla Barralaga Ocón og Sæþór Benjamín Randalsson skrifa 23. apríl 2022 12:31 We the undersigned are all born outside of Iceland. What we also have in common is that we are all doing low wage jobs and are therefore members of Efling Union. We have all experienced discrimination and xenophobia in Iceland. We speak with accents and some of us are not white, and therefore we get asked questions like "hvaðan ertu?" and our most used phrase for Icelanders is "talarðu ensku?". Some of us have experienced much worse abuse and disrespect. We have often been made to feel like second class citizens. One place where we haven't felt discrimination, however, is Efling Union. As active Efling members, we are now used to going to union events, meetings and rallies where we see faces and hear languages that make us feel that we are among fellow immigrants. We have noticed and appreciated changes like making the Efling website available in English and Polish, having live English interpretation at events, conducting parts of union rep courses in English, and choosing members of foreign origin for important roles of responsibility in the union. All of this has made us feel welcome and included, much more so than in most other places in Icelandic society. These changes did not come out of thin air. They were part of the program of the B-list headed by Sólveig Anna Jónsdóttir in 2018 and again in 2022, a program that has set the mark high and fought every step of the way for fulfilling its promises. Sólveig has time and again insisted on inclusion and respect for foreign Efling members. Therefore, we find it truly shocking to be now witnessing claims that Sólveig is prejudiced against foreigners. It needs to be said honestly that this is a cynical lie, fabricated by enemies who are desperately looking for ways to damage Sólveig and the B-list. Of course we still do not have full equality and inclusion for foreign workers in Iceland, and even Efling Union can do better. We, however, are not going to let opportunists misrepresent the very real positive changes that have been made in our union towards visibility, power, and respect for immigrants. Our message to those who sling false accusations of this kind are: Direct your anger to the real xenophobes in Iceland. Authors are members of Efling Union. Viltu birta grein á Vísi? Sendu okkur póst. Senda grein Ólga innan Eflingar Stéttarfélög Mest lesið Ofurgróði sjávarútvegs? – Hættið að afvegaleiða! Elliði Vignisson Skoðun „Fáum við einkunn fyrir þetta?“ Hulda Dögg Proppé Skoðun Rafbíllinn er ekki bara umhverfisvænn – hann er líka hagkvæmari Óskar Páll Þorgilsson Skoðun Vorstjarnan hans Gunnars Smára? Guðbergur Egill Eyjólfsson Skoðun Sakar aðra um það sem hún gerir sjálf Sigurjón Þórðarson Skoðun Hrossakjöt, hroki og hleypidómar Kristján Logason Skoðun „Þú verður aldrei nóg“ - Ástæður þess að kerfið bregst innflytjendum Ian McDonald Skoðun Laun kvenna og karla í aðildarfélögum ASÍ og BSRB árið 2024 Sigríður Ingibjörg Ingadóttir,Steinunn Bragadóttir Skoðun Sjávarútvegur er undirstöðuatvinnuvegur – ekki einangruð tekjulind Kristinn Karl Brynjarsson Skoðun Fiskeldi og samfélagsábyrgð Eyjólfur Ármannsson Skoðun Skoðun Skoðun Hvernig er staða lesblindra á Íslandi? Guðmundur S. Johnsen skrifar Skoðun Sakar aðra um það sem hún gerir sjálf Sigurjón Þórðarson skrifar Skoðun „Þú verður aldrei nóg“ - Ástæður þess að kerfið bregst innflytjendum Ian McDonald skrifar Skoðun Rafbíllinn er ekki bara umhverfisvænn – hann er líka hagkvæmari Óskar Páll Þorgilsson skrifar Skoðun Ofurgróði sjávarútvegs? – Hættið að afvegaleiða! Elliði Vignisson skrifar Skoðun Laun kvenna og karla í aðildarfélögum ASÍ og BSRB árið 2024 Sigríður Ingibjörg Ingadóttir,Steinunn Bragadóttir skrifar Skoðun „Fáum við einkunn fyrir þetta?“ Hulda Dögg Proppé skrifar Skoðun Hrossakjöt, hroki og hleypidómar Kristján Logason skrifar Skoðun Sjávarútvegur er undirstöðuatvinnuvegur – ekki einangruð tekjulind Kristinn Karl Brynjarsson skrifar Skoðun Að byggja upp á Bakka Hjálmar Bogi Hafliðason skrifar Skoðun Fiskeldi og samfélagsábyrgð Eyjólfur Ármannsson skrifar Skoðun Pólitískt raunsæi og utanríkisstefna Íslands Ragnar Anthony Antonsson Gambrell skrifar Skoðun Vorstjarnan hans Gunnars Smára? Guðbergur Egill Eyjólfsson skrifar Skoðun Fylgið fór vegna fullveldismáls Hjörtur J. Guðmundsson skrifar Skoðun Er Ísrael ennþá útvalin þjóð Guðs? Ómar Torfason skrifar Skoðun Flokkurinn hans Gunnars Smára? Guðbergur Egill Eyjólfsson skrifar Skoðun Raforkuverð: Stórnotendur og almenningur Ingvar Júlíus Baldursson skrifar Skoðun Hætt við að hækka ekki skatta á almenning Bryndís Haraldsdóttir skrifar Skoðun Skattafíkn í skjóli réttlætis: Tímavélin stillt á 2012 Kristinn Karl Brynjarsson skrifar Skoðun Hver borgar brúsann? Ingibjörg Isaksen skrifar Skoðun Hvers vegna berðu kross? Hrafnhildur Sigurðardóttir skrifar Skoðun Þannig gerum við þetta? Ísak Ernir Kristinsson skrifar Skoðun Stærsta framfaraskref í námsmati íslenskra barna í áratugi Guðmundur Ingi Kristinsson skrifar Skoðun Falleinkunn skólakerfis? Helga Þórisdóttir skrifar Skoðun Þjónusta sem gleður – skilar sér beint í kassann Margrét Reynisdóttir skrifar Skoðun Hvar er auðlindarentan? Birta Karen Tryggvadóttir skrifar Skoðun Miðflokkurinn – Rödd skynseminnar í borginni Ómar Már Jónsson skrifar Skoðun Virði barna og ungmenna Álfhildur Leifsdóttir,Hólmfríður Jennýjar Árnadóttir skrifar Skoðun Sættir þú þig við þetta? Jón Pétur Zimsen skrifar Skoðun Alþingi gleymir aftur fötluðum börnum Lúðvík Júlíusson skrifar Sjá meira
We the undersigned are all born outside of Iceland. What we also have in common is that we are all doing low wage jobs and are therefore members of Efling Union. We have all experienced discrimination and xenophobia in Iceland. We speak with accents and some of us are not white, and therefore we get asked questions like "hvaðan ertu?" and our most used phrase for Icelanders is "talarðu ensku?". Some of us have experienced much worse abuse and disrespect. We have often been made to feel like second class citizens. One place where we haven't felt discrimination, however, is Efling Union. As active Efling members, we are now used to going to union events, meetings and rallies where we see faces and hear languages that make us feel that we are among fellow immigrants. We have noticed and appreciated changes like making the Efling website available in English and Polish, having live English interpretation at events, conducting parts of union rep courses in English, and choosing members of foreign origin for important roles of responsibility in the union. All of this has made us feel welcome and included, much more so than in most other places in Icelandic society. These changes did not come out of thin air. They were part of the program of the B-list headed by Sólveig Anna Jónsdóttir in 2018 and again in 2022, a program that has set the mark high and fought every step of the way for fulfilling its promises. Sólveig has time and again insisted on inclusion and respect for foreign Efling members. Therefore, we find it truly shocking to be now witnessing claims that Sólveig is prejudiced against foreigners. It needs to be said honestly that this is a cynical lie, fabricated by enemies who are desperately looking for ways to damage Sólveig and the B-list. Of course we still do not have full equality and inclusion for foreign workers in Iceland, and even Efling Union can do better. We, however, are not going to let opportunists misrepresent the very real positive changes that have been made in our union towards visibility, power, and respect for immigrants. Our message to those who sling false accusations of this kind are: Direct your anger to the real xenophobes in Iceland. Authors are members of Efling Union.
Laun kvenna og karla í aðildarfélögum ASÍ og BSRB árið 2024 Sigríður Ingibjörg Ingadóttir,Steinunn Bragadóttir Skoðun
Sjávarútvegur er undirstöðuatvinnuvegur – ekki einangruð tekjulind Kristinn Karl Brynjarsson Skoðun
Skoðun Rafbíllinn er ekki bara umhverfisvænn – hann er líka hagkvæmari Óskar Páll Þorgilsson skrifar
Skoðun Laun kvenna og karla í aðildarfélögum ASÍ og BSRB árið 2024 Sigríður Ingibjörg Ingadóttir,Steinunn Bragadóttir skrifar
Skoðun Sjávarútvegur er undirstöðuatvinnuvegur – ekki einangruð tekjulind Kristinn Karl Brynjarsson skrifar
Skoðun Stærsta framfaraskref í námsmati íslenskra barna í áratugi Guðmundur Ingi Kristinsson skrifar
Laun kvenna og karla í aðildarfélögum ASÍ og BSRB árið 2024 Sigríður Ingibjörg Ingadóttir,Steinunn Bragadóttir Skoðun
Sjávarútvegur er undirstöðuatvinnuvegur – ekki einangruð tekjulind Kristinn Karl Brynjarsson Skoðun