millions take part in the chance of striking it big the giveaway is designed so that as many people as possible when something with cash prizes doled out across the country. you're watching t.v. news still to come germany is famous for its skilled at trades but with a labor force shrinking do jobs like plumbing painting and plastering still have a future. daniel wynter will have that story for you coming right up and business. and solar. on freedom and home. where i come from the region is rich in history on talent poor in education opportunity and freedom this makes it especially difficult for independent journalists i see many of the young promising to join the who are

now making names for themselves all over the world. along the way might follow. with continue. their experience of freedom in a sense is like that fenians day you can visit it with your car coming back from. my name is your favorite food and i work at. the people at the. line as first of a pilot strike turned out to be a bit of a dud the so-called warning strikes had little effect today but it's another sign of the irish. relationship with its employee also coming up johnny's world renowned for its monsters of crops but with the labor force when the trades have an

uncertain future. here's your twelve minutes of business. spanish stocks tumbled on the election news out of bos alone today the country's exchange fell one point one percent of the separate his party's won a slim majority in the catalan vote most affected banks like bank and somebody tell which have significant exposure to catalonia both banks moved their headquarters out of the region following october's independence referendum banking group suntanned was another big loser spanish stocks had outperformed the counterparts across europe before the october referendum. and an advice but is following this for us so in that one percent is not really that much of a drop considering how much this independence vote could we can both spin the one to you we have that's exactly the case i think the market that's still speculating

on a optimistic outlook in spain but last after the last independence vote nothing really happened so this time big just got to repeat off the picture which we already know that catalonia is deeply divided but we also get some sort of massive just from at least one of the independent parties say they are open to have a different approach meaning not to go for outright secession so the the positive scenario could be that they will be more autonomy for catalonia and then we kind of move on but having said that of course the spat between madrid and barcelona is growing with that vote and mr aznar hoyas not a person who was very good at friendly talks with the catalonian so going forward it would be increased political risk for spain which is not gets captured by the markets the euro dipped

a little bit early asian trade but ever since recovered already slightly. and that have eyes by talking to us that it's the first of a time that ryanair pilots have gone on strike in the company's thirty two year history a major warning strike was announced in germany this morning but they had a limited effect with ryan and still able to operate most flights as planned with delays plan as demands for better wages and working conditions on going anywhere and that could be further strikes employees distrust rules the company runs a lot deeper than the pay package alone and it all comes back to one. ryanair head michael o'leary will bend over backwards to make a buck and that mentality has helped to make ryanair a force to be reckoned with in the european market for the refining the ultra low cost model pioneered by u.s. carrier southwest o'leary cut ticket prices in favor of making money on baggage fees on board shopping and other secondary revenue streams but that cost cutting

obsession ran him afoul of many unions they objected to what they described as substandard pay poor working conditions and uncertain labor contracts the result many pilots left ryanair and the airline recently announced it would be forced to cancel some twenty thousand flights through march of next year facing pilot walkouts in some european territories over the holidays ryanair management recently announced that it would finally enter into talks with unions something considered unthinkable years before. but if we've got to make a change with make a change and in this case because it was on christmas week with within their control and we're where we called in the unions to to call up this action so people can take away all that uncertainty and get home for christmas the move worked in italy portugal and ryanair is home base of ireland where unions canceled strikes planned for friday pilots in germany were convinced however the union there said ryanair broke off schedule talks after objecting to two union negotiators the

disruption early friday was minimal however as most flights appeared to leave frankfurt as scheduled. bigger questions lie ahead the union said they won't strike on the christmas holidays but could walk out as soon as the twenty sixth a busy time for holiday travelers. and with our feet back on the ground now craftspeople have long powered the global economy and that's particularly true in germany while the largest economy may be known for its high quality and dependable trade workers that's a problem that just isn't enough of them the president of the german confederation of skilled craftsmen has warned that not enough people are choosing to learn a trade craft and he says that could endanger germany's economic growth this year alone germany couldn't fill fifteen thousand open apprenticeship positions in owns a plumbing company in berlin and he can't complain there's enough work and

he has contracts into june of next year but he still sees tougher times coming. finding apprentices is getting harder and harder no one is applying and the applicants that we do get are not qualified for the job. klutzes tried out a few things to find good apprentices but with little success he thinks the digital generation has the wrong attitude. craftsman are disappearing of course it's nicer sitting in an office with a cup of coffee and working on a computer than it is on a construction site unclogging a drain or carrying in mounting a radiator. and. overhead scoble. in the last twenty years the number of skilled worker apprentices has gone down forty three percent the plumbers training center as h.k. is trying something new it's a revoke berlin initiative is training refugees for

a career in plumbing today's lesson plumbing techniques and work vocabulary. in this entire second one spoon we have to make sure we find workers any way we can with that and why shouldn't the refugees get a chance if they're hardworking motivated and well trained in the profession for. that and will feel about. around fifteen thousand apprentice positions have remained an occupied in germany and the number is still going up. many employers hope that refugees can fill the gaps but is it realistic. comparably there are two main problems one is their refugee status and are they allowed to stay in germany can they complete their training the other problem is the language like not just general knowledge they also need to know the trade language. and this

is an on off. hello from iraq he's pursuing his dream he wants to become a plumber in berlin and has a message for other refugees. you have to get training because training use the decisive factor for having a future or not. is. some advice we can all live by that now reported on a bet of joins me now with more on this so that work at the end he seemed really motivated but we heard in your report that. young people today they're just lazy they don't want to get their hands dirty is that the truth or is it just a stereotype. it really depends i mean i've never thought about becoming a plumber or to work in the craft industry that's for sure and also i have very few friends who work in this industry but i think it's it's not

a matter of we're not lazy or something i think. for sure we are very academic generation i think every second person in my age group as you need to agree went to university. or were went to a high school and if you have a degree like that i think it's not the best opportunity out there to. to work and across business there's more comfortable jobs better paying jobs out there perhaps and refugees are being painted as the savior is of the trade crofts in germany but when it comes to getting the right to work for them is it a labor of love doing these kind of jobs or is it more of a forced marriage. force members that's maybe a little bit over the top i would say but i also gained the impression when i was in the training center that appears also in the report i thought it's a perfect solution i mean first of all you can integrate refugees through work and at the same time you can find

a solution for the labor shortage but if you talk to the craft businesses. i mean i wouldn't say i mean they are a little bit open but they're not very enthusiastic about the solution because they know many refugees and they don't speak german perfectly and also it's not the case . that they they have a work permit immediately they just a few of them and so on the large scale i wouldn't say it's a sort of solution for and also germany perhaps further down the line when their children get big educational opportunities in university with these big paying jobs he's comfortable jobs then they exit that labor market as well so perhaps it's just patching up the problem for one or two generations what else can cross do to fix their industry i don't know maybe a little bit banaba i thought maybe you could raise the salary a little bit in the framework of my research for example i talked to the bakery

association and that's the that's the one craft business with the with the fewest apprentices and they said the average salary of baker and germany is two thousand one hundred euros with all the taxes so given that they have to get up so early in the morning four o'clock and then they earn money like that i think that's not very attractive for young people i would say right now is a shame because the pastry should be attractive enough to get people into baking. finally why did you decide to choose the rough and tumble of journalism rather than a trade craft i mean journalism is very diverse and very creative every day is different and i think when it comes to craft work i'm not very skillful in that not very talented all right thank you very much. and that's all for this edition of your business update thank you very much for watching.

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