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Hungarian Railway Workers Strike Against Rail Cargo

Published: October 27, 2010; 20:17 · (Vindobona)

Due to employee layoffs at Rail Cargo Hungaria, the employees threaten to go on strike. Rail Cargo suffers losses both in Austria and in Hungary

Hungarian Railway Workers Strike Against Rail Cargo / Picture: © Wikimedia Commons / Josef Saurwein [CC-BY-SA-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/)]

The staff of the Hungarian ÖBB freight subsidiary Rail Cargo Hungaria (formerly MAV Cargo) is facing mass layoffs. 460 employees will be dismissed. The railway workers' union will respond with strikes. Talks between the union and management have not progressed. The union is determined to go on strike, something to be expected in the near future. The state railway MAV, where…

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Hungarian Railway Workers Strike Against Rail Cargo

Due to employee layoffs at Rail Cargo Hungaria, the employees threaten to go on strike. Rail Cargo suffers losses both in Austria and in Hungary

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