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A strike may paralyse Budapest Airport: trade unions want significant changes
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The trade unions of Budapest Airport employees would start a collective labour dispute with Budapest Airport and its subsidiaries concerning multiple demands to improve the material benefits and working conditions. If negotiations fail to be successful, a general strike can paralyse Hungary’s main airport.
Budapest Airport may face a general strike
Trade unions joining the forces of the workers in air travel, ground handling, airport operator sectors, and the different airport service providers would start a collective labour dispute with Budapest Airport and its subsidiaries (BUD Security Ltd and RÜK Ltd) because their talks concerning the 2025 payrise and other social and economic issues concerning employees were unsuccessful. Based on the joint statement of the different trade unions, they would like a minimum of 10%, HUF 100,000/month (EUR 250) salary increase effective from 1 January. That rate should be 15% in the case of the RÜK Ltd.
Furthermore, they would like a rightful seniority and bonus system, a tutoring allowance for colleagues carrying out education tasks and a Christmas bonus worth the 1-month salary of the employees. Moreover, they would like a bonus, which equals HUF 150,000 (EUR 375) and is paid from the company’s previous year’s profit. In addition, they would like the company management to reduce ergonomic and psychosocial risks and improve working conditions at Budapest Airport, AIRportal wrote.
