So can we just start by asking, what did that day look like for you? SUMMERS: So, as we mentioned, thousands of people across the country of Iceland, including, presumably, yourself, were on strike yesterday. She's communications director for the Icelandic Federation of Public Workers, which is a union that helped organize the strike. We're joined now by Freyja Steingrimsdottir. Even Prime Minister Katrin Jakobsdottir joined yesterday's protest. The strikers refused to do any work, including household errands and child care. ![]() ![]() In Iceland, women and nonbinary people are back to work today - this after tens of thousands of people walked off the job in a one-day strike to protest gender inequality.
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