In 2019, Heimildin reported the story of an employee who was fired after going to the union for assistance 🇮🇸. Here is what the newspaper reports:

• The worker was not paid overtime in this hotel restaurant managed by an owner with a history of bankruptcies.
• The worker was forced to pay the owner to live in a very dirty and unsanitary room. There was no renting contract, which is illegal.
• The manager fired the employee after he went to talk to the union.
• The owner made physical threats to the worker and another former worker when the story was made public.
• The owner said he would not pay the last month of salary.

Hraun eldhús ehf. (kt: 551214-1680); declared bankrupt: 03.10.2019; ceased operations under this kennitala: 03.01.2020 (company registry)