The Women of Multicultural Ethnicity Network (W.O.M.E.N.) object to comments made by the president of Efling trade union, who stated that the demand for increased access to Icelandic language courses was coming from intellectual elites, and would not be a priority for Efling in the coming wage negotiations. W.O.M.E.N. maintains that the demand for better language education comes from workers themselves.
Efling is the second-largest union in the country, representing some 27,000 workers, 53% of whom are of foreign origin.
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