OCTOBER FREEZE!!!! Flashmobs on the Global Action Day For Decent Work in HUNGARY

On 7th of October 2009 in 12 towns and cities in Hungary - on the initiative and in the organization of the Federation of Hungarian Metalworkers Trade Union - we organized flashmob actions to draw people’s attention to the dangers of precarious work and that of employment as hired workforce.

During the flashmobs - in Budapest, Debrecen, Dunaújváros, Eger, Győr, Kecskemét, Komárom, Pápa, Székesfehérvár, Szombathely, Veszprém and Zalaegerszeg - young and not so young TU activists ’froze’ ( stood motionless ) for 2 minutes while 2 or 3 other activists from the group handed out leaflets ( IMF leaflet and another composed by MSZOSZ ) to passers-by.

All over Hungary more than 400 activists took part in the actions. They reported that the flashmobs were really sucsessful: passers by stopped to ask them what was going on, and really showed their interest.

Péter Pataky, president of MSZOSZ ( Confederation of Hungarian Trade Unions ) also ’froze’ in the Budapest flashmob.

The main organizers ( Herta Meyer - VASAS-, Ákos Molnár - VASAS- and Zoltán Mező- VASAS- ) would like to thank every participant and every trade union that took part in and supported the actions:

Hungarian Metalworkers’ Trade Union (VASAS) Confederation of Hungarian Trade Unions (MSZOSZ) Audi Hungária Independent Trade Union Federation of Wood Processing and Building Workers’ Trade Union Trade Union of Meat Processing Industry Workers International Union of Food Trade Union of Trade Workers Federation of Chemical and Energy Industry Workers Trade Union of Postal Workers Trade Union of the Hungarian Railways Autonomous Local Fejér County TU branch of Road Transport Workers

The main organizers are grateful to all the people responsible for the event in the respective towns:

Budapest- Kovács Balázs (MSZOSZ ) Debrecen- Mazák Viktória (Hungarian Railways) Dunaújváros-Sáfrány Kata (Vasas) Eger-Sztaniszláv László (Vasas) Győr - Molnár Ákos (Vasas) Kecskemét-Bere Ferenc (Vasas) Komárom - László Zoltán (Vasas) Pápa-Harkai Attila (Meat Processing TU) Székesfehérvár- Váczi Gabriella (Hungarian Railways) Szombathely- dr. Kovács Bernadett (MSZOSZ) Veszprém- Mürkl Mónika (TU of Trade Workers) Zalaegerszeg- Csende Mónika (Vasas)

Below you can find some links reporting about the actions......

Pictures from BUDAPEST (by Laszlo Kovacs (kowako), PERC Youth Commitee member):

http://kowako.extra.hu/TURAFOTOK/20...

Budapest: http://galeria.fn.hu/3/35529/0/1

TV reports (hungarian):

Veszprém ( Veszprém City Television ):

http://www.veszpremtv.hu/new/oldal/...

Debrecen ( Alföld TV ):

http://www.alfoldtv.hu/?id=3895&q=q

Some online daily periodicals:

Győr:

http://www.kisalfold.hu/gyori_hirek...

Szombathely (HUN):

http://westindex.hu/galeria/villamc...