This article provides information about union organizations, the collective bargaining structure, company bargaining, and employee representation structures in Hungary.

A few figures

Union membership is around 12 percent and collective agreements’ coverage is about 34 percent.

The Hungarian union landscape

When the former single union, the national union council (SZOT) was dissolved in 1990, four union confederations (ASZSZ, ESZT, MSZOSZ and SZES), often referred to as ‘traditional unions,’ were set up.  Shortly after, alternative unions that played a part in implementing political changes were represented at the tables of tripartite negotiations were also created. …