PRESS STATEMENT “The virus crisis must not be followed by a training crisis”

Dr. Hans-Jürgen Urban: “IG Metall welcomes the fact that the Alliance partners were able to agree to establish a protective shield for vocational training during the current crisis. Our common goal must be to prevent a ‘COVID cohort’ of young people from graduating without a vocational qualification. Companies, in particular, must now take responsibility and follow through on the agreement reached within the alliance with concrete actions. This includes refraining from the pandemic-related reduction in apprenticeship positions that has already been announced in some companies. This would send a disastrous signal and would be diametrically opposed to the spirit of the joint declaration. The virus crisis must not be followed by an apprenticeship crisis.”

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