At the beginning of last year the chain raised wages by 4%, but stopped further raises, despite growing revenues, according to Hungarian online daily napi.hu. Subsequently a strike committee was formed that made preparations over the summer for a possible strike, while some other employees were planning to leave for good.
Under the aforementioned pressure, a 15% raise was agreed after the summer, which is being topped up by a 23%-25% raise this year. As a result, in the past two years, the wages of OBI workers have increased by almost 45%, the paper reported.
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