Halla wins 62 per cent in ASÍ vice-president election

Halla Gunnarsdóttir, chair of the VR trade union, won 182 votes, or 61.9 per cent of ballots cast, in the election for first vice-president of the Icelandic Confederation of Labour (ASÍ), mbl.is reported.

Sólveig Anna Jónsdóttir, chair of the Efling trade union, received 108 votes, or 36.7 per cent. Four ballots were blank.

Sólveig Anna has said she will not seek any other position within ASÍ, including second or third vice-president or a seat on its central board.