BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Thousands marched through Budapest's city centre on Saturday to protest against a new law that allows employers to ask staff to work up to 400 hours per year of overtime. Saturday's rally, organised by opposition parties, trade unions and civic groups, mainly targeted the new labour law dubbed by critics as "slave law". She said more Hungarians were pouring onto the streets because the slave law "affects a bigger crowd". Some of the main trade union groups may resort to a strike if the government does not sit down with them to negotiate, he told Reuters. Trade union membership in Hungary is estimated at below a tenth of the workforce, about half the level in Germany, according to data from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

Source: The Star January 05, 2019 15:33 UTC