Annual Report 2019-2020

7 E F L I N G A N N U A L R E P O R T 2 0 1 9 – 2 0 2 0 regarding the status of union members during the Covid-19 pandemic which was also conducted by Maskína for the union in April of 2020. In September of 2019, two economists with the University of Greenwich University in London, were flown in by Efling in collaboration with ASÍ, Alex Guschanski and Rafael Wildauer. They have special- ized in research on wage driven economic growth, the value of equality and sustainability. They gave a two-day seminar for experts in economic research and gave an open lecture in Þjóðminjasafnið on September 6 th . Their visit, which Sara S. Öldudóttir was responsible for organizing, was very successful. The sociologist Kolbeinn Stefánsson now works on a report for Efling about the correlation between disabilities and class divisions, but a presenta- tion of its contents has been sidelined because of the Coronavirus pandemic. Kolbeinn presented the contents of the report and its main conclusions during a joint meeting of the general membership meeting and the delegate council in November. union members. The report found that employers most often violate the rights of young workers and people of foreign origin and the investigation focused especially on those groups. The wage survey of Efling has usually been con- ducted in September of each year. Because of circumstances in the labor market in 2019, when negotiations for 20% of the members of Efling who are covered by collective agreements with the public sector had not yet concluded, a decision was made to postpone the wage survey for that year. By investigating the evolution of wages, working hours and other wage related factors after the effects of the agreements have reached the entire labor mar- ket, more results will be more reliable, so the survey will be conducted in autumn of 2020. The union will have smaller surveys conducted to gather information regarding matters having to do with the membership and to lay the groundwork for a more effective defense of their interests. One example of this is the questionnaire of Maskína regarding the views in society on the wage dispute with the City of Reykjavík and a questionnaire Accommodation and Food Service Activities 25% Public Administration and Defence; Compulsory Social Security 17% Construction 10% Manufacturing 9% Real Estate Activities 9% Other Service Activities 9% Wholesale and Retail Trade; Repair of Motor Vehicles and Motorcycles 7% Human Health and Social Work Activities 6% Organisations and other service activities 4% Transportation and Storage 3% Membership by sector