Labour Day 2020: Let’s Talk Basic Income

Labour Day 2020: Let’s Talk Basic Income

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As Labour Day rolls around this year, the holiday will make little difference to the many Hungarians who have been laid off or are working from home. But it does provide an opportunity to continue the discussion about how exactly we plan on recovering from this virus and the accompanying economic shutdown. Labour Day has its foundations in the Haymarket riot, a Chicago protest for an eight-hour workday that suddenly turned violent. Thankfully, the eight-hour workday has now become generally accepted, although many will say that labour rights as far as they should […]

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