Jörg Dittrich laments 73,000 fewer jobs and declining sales in German skilled trades
President of German skilled trades calls for commission to relieve businesses
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Individual sectors such as building construction are under massive pressure and are clearly in the red." Further ambitious reforms are unavoidable. "In the skilled trades, we will have 73,000 fewer jobs in 2025 compared to the previous year," said the ZDH president. "This is of course also due to demographic change.". "We receive many concerned, sometimes outraged and bitter messages in the ZDH about how we came to accompany the reform process positively, when economic data is getting worse and worse and this is also reflected in order books." According to Dittrich, insolvency figures are rising. "Even if we do not yet see a wave of insolvencies in the skilled trades, the development is heading in the wrong direction.". The problem is that so far nothing of this has reached the companies, neither in the economic indicators nor in the mood.
Furthermore, Dittrich told Deutsche Presse-Agentur: "I am not only talking about an income tax reform, which we also need.". The sales development in the overall skilled trades has been negative since the beginning of the year, adjusted for prices. Dittrich said that ancillary wage costs must be reduced. "We need more performance-based fairness.".
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Individual sectors such as building construction are under massive pressure and are clearly in the red." Further ambitious reforms are unavoidable. "In the skilled trades, we will have 73,000 fewer jobs in 2025 compared to the previous year," said the ZDH president. "This is of course also due to demographic change."
reliability low1/2 sources"We receive many concerned, sometimes outraged and bitter messages in the ZDH about how we came to accompany the reform process positively, when economic data is getting worse and worse and this is also reflected in order books." According to Dittrich, insolvency figures are rising. "Even if we do not yet see a wave of insolvencies in the skilled trades, the development is heading in the wrong direction."
reliability low1/2 sourcesThe problem is that so far nothing of this has reached the companies, neither in the economic indicators nor in the mood.
reliability low1/2 sourcesDittrich told Deutsche Presse-Agentur: "I am not only talking about an income tax reform, which we also need."
reliability low1/2 sourcesThe sales development in the overall skilled trades has been negative since the beginning of the year, adjusted for prices.
reliability low1/2 sourcesDittrich said that ancillary wage costs must be reduced. "We need more performance-based fairness."
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