Employees at United Chemical Works Company Ltd (EVM) in Budapest went on strike on 3 February over unpaid wages. The 100 workers fear that the company may try to relocate away from the site without paying the due salaries and have formed a permanent picket to prevent the removal of machinery from the plant. EVM management has not had any direct contact with the workers or the union representatives and has sent only lawyers to meetings instead. European trade union confederation IndustriALL has initiated an international support action.
English: http://www.industriall-union.org/support-hungarian-chemical-workers-striking ...
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