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of a manual skilled work is uncertain. and daniel winter and this is your twelve minutes of business spanish stocks tumbled on the election news out of barcelona the country's exchange fell of one percent after separatist parties won a slim majority in the catalan vote most affected banks like bank and sub adele which have significant exposure to catalonia as despite moving their headquarters out of the region following october's independence referendum spanish stocks were outperforming their counterparts across europe until independence uncertainty took hold. and advice is following this for us and that are investors pricing in that added risk but one percent is not that much considering another independence bid would we can both spain and why do you. yeah that's completely the case i think analyst i expecting not an outright secession from spain so

there won't be a split at least that's the majority view between catalonia and spain with the ripple on effect potentially for other regions and europe the majority view from analysts political analysts is that of course the situation is difficult but most likely madrid to the grand alone more are right so increased autonomy but not a split and that's also reflected in the share is an accurate tease but also in other markets again taking a look at the euro looks like currency investors also have an allergic reaction to the pain in spain. if they do they don't like political risk who does in the markets but that was quite a remind that their political risk in the euro zone is nothing. is still there it's still on the table and we shouldn't forget about it we had in the early asian trading session we had the euro dipping quite

a bit but then recovering once again because also before it's investors are quite rational know when it comes to digesting those news out of spain it does not mean that we going to get other regions and europe also. following up on that independence thing but that back to you and advice but thank you very much. now it's the first time ever that wrong in the pilots have gone on strike in the company's thirty two year history a major warning strike was announced in germany this morning bunch it had limited effect withdrawn and still able to operate most flights as planned or would delay those pilots demands for better wages and working conditions aren't going anywhere and they could bring up for the strikes employees distrust towards the company runs a lot deeper than the pay package and. all comes back to one man. it's a rare occurrence a pilot strike that's barely felt by passengers the reason ryan air brought in

other pilots who were part of the strikes the union claims by in the. overnight ryanair of course activated all its pilots who don't have permanent positions those who work harder the strikes it activated for pilots who are now flying the planes so they could look good in other words we would call it cosmetic ryanair has had chaos overnight at these pilots or than missing from their normal assignments one. it's almost certain o'leary could afford raising benefits his airline has been extremely profitable but ryanair is known for cutting not spending and its o'leary's willingness to bend over backwards for a book that has made the airline a force to be reckoned with in the european market further 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 simply left ryanair now facing new color walkouts in some european territories over the holidays ryanair management recently announced it would finally enter into talks with unions the move worked in italy portugal and ryanair is home base of ireland where unions canceled strikes planned for friday pilots in germany weren't convinced however the union there said ryanair broke off schedule talks after objecting to two union negotiated. the union say they won't strike on the christmas holidays walkout as soon as the twenty sixth a busy time for holiday travelers. skilled tradespeople have long powered the global economy and that's particularly true in germany all the areas largest economy may be known for its high quality and dependable skilled trade workers that's a problem the president of the german confederation of skilled trades is one that not enough people are choosing to learn

a trade and he says that could endanger germany's economic growth benyamin klotz 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. it's couple. 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 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. then it will be for. 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. there are

two main problems one is there refugee status and are they allowed to stay in germany can they complete their training at 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 is pursuing his dream he wants to become a plumber in berlin and has a message for other refugees. i know you have to get training because training use the decisive factor for having a future or not. live by that now our reporter done a better joins me now with more on this so that work at the end he seemed really motivated but we heard earlier 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 attitude we're not lazy or something i think. for sure we very academic generation i think every second person in my age group as you need to agree went to university. or 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 to to work and across business there's more comfortable jobs better paying jobs out there perhaps and refugees are being painted as the saviors all 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 forced marriage 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 they don't speak german perfectly and also it's not the case. that 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 given him perhaps further down the line when their children get big educational opportunities in university with these big paying job these 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 two to

six their industry i don't know maybe sounds a little bit banal but 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 the baker in 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 all right thank you very much. and that's all for now we've got much more on social media then fizzling will be back in business in the next hour have a wonderful weekend and if you all celebrating a very merry christmas with.

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