Hungary: Thousands Protest New Orban "Slave Law" For Overtime Work
Thousands of Hungarians join latest rally against Orban’s 'slave law.' One of labour reforms allows employers to ask staff to work up to 400 hours per year of overtime. The Guardian, Dec. 21, 2018.
Thousands of Hungarians marched to the presidential palace late on Friday to protest against labour reforms as a rally led by spoof political party MKKP merged with a subsequent demonstration staged by opposition groups.
Passage of two laws last week backed by prime minister Viktor Orban’s Fidesz party angered a variety of groups.
One, dubbed by critics the “slave law”, allows employers to ask staff to work up to 400 hours per year of overtime. Another would set up new courts which critics say could be politically manipulated.
MKKP’s gathering started outside parliament, where one protester brandished a placard saying “Happy boss, gloomy Sunday”. <'We won't keep quiet again': the women taking on Viktor Orbán>. . .
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/dec/22/thousands-of-hungarians-join-latest-rally-against-orbans-slave-law
(The Guardian, Dec. 17). Orbán’s government has taken a nativist line on immigration, portraying itself as fighting powerful and “shadowy” pro-migration forces led by the Hungarian-born financier and philanthropist George Soros. Government figures dismissed the protesters as insignificant in numbers, and with Christmas approaching it was unclear whether the movement would gain momentum or peter out. So far, Orbán and his government have proved defiant, with the parliament speaker, László Kövér, criticising the opposition’s actions in parliament as “unprecedented in 28 years of Hungarian democracy”. Government-linked media have claimed the protests were organised by Soros...
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/dec/17/hungary-opposition-mps-attack-viktor-orban-slave-law-during-state-tv-protest
Thousands protest against new overtime labor "Slave Law," in Budapest, Hungary.