Strike Halts Waste Collection Across Budapest - What's Next?
- 25 Sep 2025 7:14 AM
- Hungary Around the Clock
Garbage collection in Budapest halted on Wednesday morning, due to a spontaneous, unannounced wildcat strike by several hundred MOHU employees at the Ecseri út depot in Budapest, who expressed 'unhappiness' over shortages of cleaning kits, work clothes, boots, and spare parts for garbage trucks.
Some vehicles previously decommissioned have been pressed back into service after partial repairs, but staff frustration remains high, they told tabloid Blikk.
MOHU Budapest urged workers to resume duties immediately, emphasising that a valid 2025 wage agreement with trade unions remains in force, making the work stoppage a violation of the Labour Code.
The waste collection concession holder, the subsidiary of MOL, expressed readiness to negotiate, though no representatives have yet been appointed by the strikers.
Food Couriers Stage New Pay Protest in Budapest this Thursday
The second pay protest by food delivery couriers in Budapest is planned to take place on 25 September.
Delivery workers linked to companies such as Wolt and Foodora will take to the streets to protest worsening working conditions and pay decreases that have severely affected their livelihoods over recent years.
Also this week, hundreds of taxi drivers have been demonstrating for better work conditions. Meanwhile, the police have been taking measures against taxi drivers who are slowing traffic on Margaret Bridge as well as on Andrassy Avenue. All this begs the question, what's coming next?
Delivery workers linked to companies such as Wolt and Foodora will take to the streets to protest worsening working conditions and pay decreases that have severely affected their livelihoods over recent years.
Also this week, hundreds of taxi drivers have been demonstrating for better work conditions. Meanwhile, the police have been taking measures against taxi drivers who are slowing traffic on Margaret Bridge as well as on Andrassy Avenue. All this begs the question, what's coming next?
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Taxis in Budapest Disrupt Traffic & Hold Protest
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