Heiða Björg Hilmisdóttir named as Mayor of Reykjavík

Heiða Björg Hilmisdóttir named as Mayor of Reykjavík

It was announced on 21st February that the the vice chairman of the Social Democratic Alliance, Heiða Björg Hilmisdóttir will be the Mayor of Reykjavik, Iceland’s capital. Speaking at a press conference at Reykjavík City Hall, Hilmisdóttir was announced as Major as part of the coalition between the leaders of the Social Democratic Party, the Pirate Party, the Socialist Party, the People’s Party, and the Left-Green Party. Hilmisdóttir commented,”…

No negotiation meetings have been called in the wage dispute between teachers and school administrators with the state and municipalities. The state mediator submitted an internal proposal to resolve the dispute on Thursday, the teachers accepted the proposal but the municipalities did not. It has been reported in the news that Heiða Björg Hilmisdóttir, the union's chairwoman, says she has supported the state mediator's proposal; this may shed l…