Shortly before the millennium the labour movement started losing its power which it regained, at least partially, in the economic crisis in 2008, but that seems to be dwindling now.
Um aldamót veiktist verkalýðshreyfingin en náði þó fram ákveðnum stefnumálum. Styrktist hún aftur í kringum hrunið en virðist aftur hafa tapað mikilvægi sínu.