Can foreign apprentices save Germany's small business economy
by editors@theworld.org (Valerie Hamilton) from The World: Latest Stories on (#71JED)
Germany's public-private vocational apprenticeship programs are a traditional cornerstone of its economy. But the programs are increasingly short of trainees, raising alarm about the future of the country's skilled labor force. Vocational programs are quietly looking to foreigners to fill the gap, and that's creating problems of its own. Valerie Hamilton reports from Germany.