Strike might be on the horizon at Budapest Airport as a seven-day collective labour dispute has concluded without an agreement between the employer and employee representatives. Budapest Airport’s management and unions failed to reach an agreement after seven days of collective negotiations, leaving employees dissatisfied with a unilateral 4% wage increase. Unions, including the United Aviation Union (Légiközlekedési Egyesült Szakszervezet, LESz), argue the raise is inadequate given inflation and the airport’s record profits — HUF 30 billion (€ 75 million) in 2023 and 17.6 million passengers handled in 2024.
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