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PRESS STATEMENT Skills Day: Good Skilled Workers Need Good Working Conditions

Ralf Kutzner, Executive Board Member of IG Metall, on Skilled Trades Day +++ 30,000 unfilled apprenticeship positions are alarming +++ Greater collective bargaining coverage and better wages are essential

IG Metall Vorstand | geschäftsführende Vorstandsmitglieder | Ralf Kutzner

19 September 2020 19 September 2020 |
Updated on 19 September 2020 19 September 2020

Ralf Kutzner: “We should use Crafts Day as an opportunity to recognize what the 5.4 million colleagues in this sector accomplish. Far too often, young adults decide against a career in the skilled trades—30,000 unfilled apprenticeship positions are alarming!

The transformation doesn’t stop at the skilled trades. To support and shape this process, we need skilled workers. And skilled workers need good working conditions. Higher collective bargaining coverage and better wages are essential and must also be supported by policymakers.”

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