Germany: IG-Metall proposes the creation of a “sectoral fund” to fight against the heightened decrease in apprentices

mber of apprenticeship contracts in 2009, the IG-Metall is expecting another 10% drop for 2010. According to the union, this decrease is “jeopardizing the flagship of German vocational training.” The Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training (BIBB) thinks that the reasons for this decrease are linked to the arrival of smaller age groups and, most importantly, to the economic crisis. In electrical engineering and metalworking, the IG-Metall proposes the creation of a new interdepe