• Coronavirus in Hungary
  • Budapest
  • Hungary border control
  • HelloMagyar
EnglishFrenchGermanSpanish
EnglishFrenchGermanSpanish
150,000 Hungarian public utility workers on the edge of strike?150,000 Hungarian public utility workers on the edge of strike?150,000 Hungarian public utility workers on the edge of strike?150,000 Hungarian public utility workers on the edge of strike?
  • Politics
  • Business
  • Society
  • Sport
  • Culture
  • Special Hungary
  • News To Go
  • World
  • Contact Us
  • About us
  • About us
  • Contact Us
  • Privacy Policy
✕
Breaking News
Support us
Péter Licskay Péter Licskay · 22/05/2021
· Society

150,000 Hungarian public utility workers on the edge of strike?

average salary Hungarian government Hungary railway rights strike traffic
Hungary protest work

unplash

Unfortunately, for the past few weeks, the trade unions for public utility companies have been waiting to have a proper hearing and negotiation with the Hungarian government and the immediate employers of the public sector workers. If things do not develop, they might have to resort to other devices to help the public sector employees assert their needs.

According to Index, following the weeks of failed attempts to properly communicate with the responsible authorities and others involved, the trade unions for public utility companies have announced an ultimatum and

they are going to take things further by proclaiming a collective labour conflict situation, which can be considered the forerunner of a strike.

As Index reported, the trade unions for public utility companies have been waiting for reasonable offers of wage increase not only from the direct employers but also from the government for the entire year to no effect. Not only that, but they only keep promising negotiations, and then nothing happens.

Most recently, it was promised that a three-way negotiation between the trade unions, the direct employers and the government, that is, the plenary session of the Public Utilities Consultation Forum (Közszolgáltató Vállalkozások Konzultációs Fóruma – KVKF) would be assembled last Friday, but in the end, this negotiation did not take place – 24 reported.

According to the information of Index, instead of the negotiations, the

trade unions for public utilities, which are representing some 150,000 people working in state-owned utilities

– including water utilities, road and railway traffic, energy companies and postal services – have conducted an interest coordination and

have given both the immediate employers and the government an ultimatum.

According to Melinda Mészáros, the president of LIGA trade unions, if during the first half of the week, they will not receive any meaningful intention on negotiating, they will resort to proclaiming a collective labour conflict situation which can be considered the forerunner of a strike.

The public sector employees would like to receive a minimum of 6% gross annual – retroactively from January – wage increase.

This is approximately HUF 28 billion (€ 77.8 million), said Imre Palkovics to Index. The trade unions are hoping to receive the wage increase as in 2020, in addition to transport companies receiving the funds for wage increases, at the end of the year, the government have compensated the MÁV-VOLÁN group for a total of HUF 60 billion (€ 166.7 million) for the lack of passengers due to the pandemic – said János Meleg to Index.

Source: Index.hu, 24.hu

average salary Hungarian government Hungary railway rights strike traffic
Share
Péter Licskay
Péter Licskay

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

SUPPORT US

Subscribe to our newsletter

Sign up to receive daily updates, news & stories about Hungary!

Select your location below or enter your country so we can deliver our morning newsletters to you in time.


Thank you!

You have successfully joined our subscriber list.


.

Latest news
  • Hungarian foreign minister snaps back at US Ambassador
  • What happened today in Hungary? — 2 February, 2023
  • Egypt is ordering trains from Hungary
  • Fidesz MEP fears censorship from Brussels, says sanctions ruin Europe
  • This is the price increase to be expected after the abolition of official prices in Hungary
  • Discovery: Light shed on the eastern origins of the Szeklers
  • Hungary’s smallest wine region is a real treasure
  • Snow shower and frost to come to Hungary this week – weather forecast

About us

Contact us

Copyright rules

© 2023 DailyNewsHungary. All rights reserved! | Server and development by Svigelj Levente E.V