Railway workers had announced large scale protest on 23 August after wage talks failed. The trade unions representing railway workers have decided to call off the planned demonstration after a deal reached on to hike wages by 2.4%.Employees of the state-run MAV railway will get the hike dated back to 1 July with their September pay. MAV also promised to delay mass lay-offs at least until 30 June 2014.
English: http://www.politics.hu/20130822/wage-deal-averts-rail-worker-protest ...
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