As an airport workers’ strike entered its seventh day this week, Hungary's finance minister said a two-day-old strike by state railway workers was unfounded and their demands could not be met.
Railway workers' union VDSZSZ began a nationwide strike last Sunday over a 10 per cent wage rise for outsourced employees and seeking a one-off bonus of 250,000 forints (US$1,267) for each worker from the sale of state railway firm MAV's freight unit.
Hungary's government sold MAV Cargo to Rail Cargo Austria earlier this year in a privatisation deal worth 102.5 billion forints.
"To demand 250,000 forints (for each worker) is unrealistic, this money cannot be paid by the government, there is no point to go on strike for this," Finance minister Janos Veres said.
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