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 Þegar móðir mín kvaddi okkur fyrir einu ári síðan í dag Gísli Hvanndal Jakobsson Skoðun Ef Trump tapar kosningunum… Jun Þór Morikawa Skoðun Þegar ómennskan vitnar í lög Bubbi Morthens Skoðun Davíð Oddsson stendur ekki við eigin ritsjórnarstefnu - Þolir og birtir ekki gagnrýni á eigin skrif Ole Anton Bieltvedt Skoðun Ómarktæk skoðanakönnun Marinó G. Njálsson Skoðun Álit Einhverfupaunksins um ABA meðferð og kennslu á Íslandi Sigrún Ósk Stefánsdóttir Skoðun Framlengjum séreignarleiðina til að vernda heimilin Vilhjálmur Hilmarsson Skoðun Áherslur ráðherra skipta máli Heimir Örn Árnason Skoðun Bóf-ar(ion)? Gunnar Hólmsteinn Ársælsson Skoðun Líf án ótta og gjöfin í andlegri vakningu Birna Guðný Björnsdóttir Skoðun Skoðun Skoðun Bóf-ar(ion)? Gunnar Hólmsteinn Ársælsson skrifar Skoðun Þetta er ekki allt að koma með fjárlagafrumvarpinu Eyjólfur Ármannsson skrifar Skoðun Ómarktæk skoðanakönnun Marinó G. Njálsson skrifar Skoðun Ef Trump tapar kosningunum… Jun Þór Morikawa skrifar Skoðun Viðskiptaþvinganir gegn Ísrael Steinunn Þóra Árnadóttir skrifar Skoðun Áherslur ráðherra skipta máli Heimir Örn Árnason skrifar Skoðun Snúum hjólunum áfram Andrés Ingi Jónsson skrifar Skoðun Búðu til pláss – fyrir öll börn Birna Þórarinsdóttir skrifar Skoðun Davíð Oddsson stendur ekki við eigin ritsjórnarstefnu - Þolir og birtir ekki gagnrýni á eigin skrif Ole Anton Bieltvedt skrifar Skoðun Framlengjum séreignarleiðina til að vernda heimilin Vilhjálmur Hilmarsson skrifar Skoðun Líf án ótta og gjöfin í andlegri vakningu Birna Guðný Björnsdóttir skrifar Skoðun Kenningar úr gildi svo að kirkjan þarf að komast á annað stig Matthildur Björnsdóttir skrifar Skoðun Dansaðu vindur Berglind Ósk Guðmundsdóttir skrifar Skoðun Þessi stórskrítnu norm í óbarnvænu samfélagi Sólveig María Svavarsdóttir skrifar Skoðun Um vaxtahækkanir og verð á hveiti Haukur Skúlason skrifar Skoðun Öryggi byggir á mönnun og launum Jórunn Frímannsdóttir skrifar Skoðun Álit Einhverfupaunksins um ABA meðferð og kennslu á Íslandi Sigrún Ósk Stefánsdóttir skrifar Skoðun Mammon hefur náð lífeyrissjóðum á sitt band Halla Signý Kristjánsdóttir skrifar Skoðun Forgangsorkan verður ekki skert Tinna Traustadóttir skrifar Skoðun Umhyggja - hvað er það? Árný Ingvarsdóttir skrifar Skoðun „Við höfðum öll rangt fyrir okkur“ Hjörtur J. Guðmundsson skrifar Skoðun Akureyrarbær greiðir götu kvennaathvarfs á Akureyri eins og kostur er Ásthildur Sturludóttir skrifar Skoðun Þegar móðir mín kvaddi okkur fyrir einu ári síðan í dag Gísli Hvanndal Jakobsson skrifar Skoðun Íþróttahreyfingin og gerviverktaka Ástþór Jón Ragnheiðarson skrifar Skoðun Tölum um tilfinningar Amanda Ásdís Jóhannsdóttir skrifar Skoðun Óttinn við íslensku rafkrónuna Birna Guðný Björnsdóttir skrifar Skoðun Áskorun til Sjúkratrygginga Íslands – hugsum í lausnum Björn Bjarki Þorsteinsson skrifar Skoðun Afnemum launamisrétti Guðmundur Ingi Guðbrandsson skrifar Skoðun Hvað hefur Ísland gert? Katla Þorvaldsdóttir skrifar Skoðun Viðhorf almennings og neytenda til sjálfbærnimála fyrirtækja og stofnana skiptir miklu máli Soffía Sigurgeirsdóttir,Trausti Haraldsson 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.
Davíð Oddsson stendur ekki við eigin ritsjórnarstefnu - Þolir og birtir ekki gagnrýni á eigin skrif Ole Anton Bieltvedt Skoðun
Skoðun Davíð Oddsson stendur ekki við eigin ritsjórnarstefnu - Þolir og birtir ekki gagnrýni á eigin skrif Ole Anton Bieltvedt skrifar
Skoðun Álit Einhverfupaunksins um ABA meðferð og kennslu á Íslandi Sigrún Ósk Stefánsdóttir skrifar
Skoðun Akureyrarbær greiðir götu kvennaathvarfs á Akureyri eins og kostur er Ásthildur Sturludóttir skrifar
Skoðun Viðhorf almennings og neytenda til sjálfbærnimála fyrirtækja og stofnana skiptir miklu máli Soffía Sigurgeirsdóttir,Trausti Haraldsson skrifar
Davíð Oddsson stendur ekki við eigin ritsjórnarstefnu - Þolir og birtir ekki gagnrýni á eigin skrif Ole Anton Bieltvedt Skoðun