Railway Union Threatens Strike Over Body Camera Plan as Transport Analysts Criticize Project

Railway workers in Slovakia are threatening a strike involving 1,500 train drivers over a controversial plan to equip them with body cameras, with union leaders saying Transport Minister Jozef Ráž would understand if drivers refused to operate trains. The half-million-euro body camera initiative has drawn criticism from analysts at the Transport Research Institute (ÚHP), who argue the project lacks clear benefits and would overlap with existing systems. The dispute highlights growing tensions between railway unions and the transport ministry over workplace monitoring measures, with workers viewing the cameras as unnecessary surveillance that undermines their professional autonomy.