Hungary - a strike nation?

In Budapest, the employees of the public transport companies are striking in protest at staff cutbacks and the closure of certain routes. Endre Aczél asks why the trade unions of the state companies have the courage to paralyse the country with strikes but one hardly ever hears of similar measures in the private sector: "I want to live in a world in which employee awareness is not just restricted to those who work for a state that 'pays miserably', but extends to the sector where most of our gross domestic product is generated. ... However I'm not optimistic, because if it's true that we're locked in a race to attract investors with our neighbouring countries, the stigma of being a 'nation of strikers' would hurt our chances. A couple of self-confident trade unions suffice to prompt the capital to flee the country and head to places where there are no unions."

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