The National Association of Hungarian Trade Unions [1] (Magyar Szakszervezetek Országos Szövetsége, MSZOSZ), one of the major Hungarian trade union confederations, held its fifth congress on 22 and 23 November 2002 in Budapest. The congress aimed to end a period of lack of strategic focus and
The European Commission has recently financed a project on /Industrial relations in the construction sector in CEE states/. Here we summarise the key points of the study on Hungary, which was prepared by László Neumann and András Tóth, in cooperation with Linda Clarke.
IBM, the US-based information technology multinational, announced on 22 October 2002 that it would close its Hungarian hard-disk manufacturing facility, located in Székesfehérvár, employing 3,700 people. The plant was Hungary's sixth-largest company in terms of annual turnover and operating profit
On 30 October 2002, having failed to reach an agreement with management, the Association of Hungarian Flight Attendants (Magyar Légi-utaskísérők Egyesülete, Hunacca) called a strike, to begin at midnight on 3 November, at Malév, the Hungarian national airline. Some 85% of Malév’s 400 flight
In 2001, the then right-wing government introduced a major amendment of the Hungarian Labour Code (as originally adopted by Act XXII 1992). This amendment was an effort to harmonise Hungarian labour law with the 'acquis communautaire'- the body of European Union law that candidate countries must
An 'incomes policy package' issued by the new coalition government of the Hungarian Socialist Party [1] (Magyar Szocialista Párt, MSZP) and liberal Alliance of Free Democrats [2] (Szabad Demokraták Szövetsége, SZDSZ) has, among other measures, increased public service employees’ pay by an average of
Following parliamentary elections held in April 2002, the victorious Hungarian Socialist Party [1] (Magyar Szocialista Párt, MSZP) formed a coalition government with the liberal Alliance of Free Democrats [2] (Szabad Demokraták Szövetsége, SZDSZ). The MSZP campaign programme promised comprehensive
In the parliamentary elections hold in April 2002, the conservative right-wing coalition government led by Viktor Orbán was defeated and the victorious Hungarian Socialist Party (Magyar Szocialista Párt, MSZP [1]) is now forming a coalition government with the liberal Alliance of Free Democrats