HATC SAMPLE EDITION:    Politics & Foreign Relations    Economic News    Business News    Other News of Interest    All stories	25th September, 2025 Strike halts waste collection across Budapest 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. Sources regularly consulted, with abbreviations used in text: Népszabadság (N); Magyar Hírlap (MH); Világgazdaság (VG); Napi Gazdaság (NG); Magyar Nemzet (MN); Népszava (Nsz); Kossuth Rádió news (KR); nightly TV news (TV).
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