The Icelandic Nurses Association called off a planned strike hours before it was scheduled to start. The nurses have been working without a valid contract for over a year. Thirty meetings between union leaders and state representatives have been held since the dispute was handed over to a state mediator in February. An agreement has been reached on arrangements for shift work, but the dispute over nurses’ wages is yet to be resolved.
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