Public employee union calls strike

The trade union of Hungarian civil servants and public employees (MKKSZ) is calling a three-day strike by local government civil servants from Wednesday. The union's head Erzsebet Boros told a press conference held in front of the Ministry of Interior building on Wednesday that the minister had refused to engage in meaningful dialogue and had flatly refused to consider any of their demands. Among them, the union wants anomalies in the system of local council budget financing to be resolved and expenses linked to the coronavirus crisis at local government level to be reimbursed by the central government.