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Germany's IG Metall union eyes four-day week for steel workers
Germany's IG Metall union is to demand the introduction of a four-day week with full salary, said a union negotiator ahead of a new round of collective bargaining talks covering steel workers in the north-west of the country.
April06,2023
IG Metall: 70,000 auto-sector jobs endangered by electric vehicles
Nearly every tenth job in the German automotive industry is in danger of being eliminated by the year 2030, according to German metalworkers’ union IG Metall.
May28,2018
Germany's Scholz to visit Meyer Werft shipyard amid bailout talks
An apparent solution to save the struggling Meyer Werft shipyard in northern Germany appears to be within reach, with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and others expected to address shipyard workers there on Thursday.
July09,2025
Feature: Pakistan-China educational program imparts advanced vocational skills, cultivates local talents
At the Luban Workshop in Pakistan's eastern Lahore city, 20-year-old Mughees Ahmed's passion for machines and systems was evident as he moved between the equipment, enthusiastically explaining their operations and handling.
August12,2025
Ugandan, Chinese vocational schools partner up to boost training, employment
Uganda's Luyanzi Institute of Technology (LIT), a vocational school in Kampala, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Hunan Mechanical and Electrical Polytechnic (HMEP) in China to enhance training and employment opportunities for its students.
June11,2024
Meyer shipyard gets Cinderella contract to build four Disney ships
The financially strapped shipbuilder Meyer Werft has secured what might be a dream come true: contracts to build four cruise ships for the Disney Cruise Line.
August13,2024
German leaders seek support for key industry at National Steel Summit
German politicians and trade unionists advocated for preserving Germany's steel industry and converting it to become climate-neutral at a National Steel Summit held in the western city of Duisburg on Monday.
September15,2024
New Opportunities of China-Laos Economic and Trade Cooperation in New Era
The report mainly presents the fruitful results achieved in bilateral economic and trade cooperation, the key cooperation construction projects between the two countries, and the vast opportunities for bilateral cooperation in the future.
December08,2023
Union open to investor in small parts production at Airbus
IG Metall, the primary metalworkers’ trade union in Germany, is open to the controversial sale of Airbus' small-parts production to an external investor - but only on condition that the aircraft manufacturer simultaneously examines the possibility of remaining part of the Airbus Group.
December15,2021
Learning Chinese is basis for China-Belarus cooperation: education minister
Belarus and China have reached a high level of cooperation in education, and the study of the Chinese language in Belarus is the basis for interaction and cultural exchanges between the two countries, Minister of Education of Belarus Andrei Ivanets said in an interview with Xinhua.
June07,2022
"Dark day" for German shipbuilding as two firms file for insolvency
German cruiseliner manufacturer MV Werften and another shipbuilder, Lloyd-Werft, both filed for insolvency on Monday, in what unions have called a "dark day" for German shipyards.
January13,2022
China Focus: Chinese SOE strives for win-win investment partnerships with Africa
In the ground control room of a copper mine in Zambia's Copperbelt Province, technicians from Zambia and China are busy remotely maneuvering the unmanned underground mining machinery.
September06,2022
Yearender: The A to Z of China-ASEAN relationship
After 30 years of win-win cooperation, China and the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) have set a fine example of successful and vibrant bilateral relations, which have come to a new starting point brimmed with new opportunities.
December31,2021
750 jobs to go at German industrial giant Thyssenkrupp
German industrial firm Thyssenkrupp announced the loss of another 750 jobs on Wednesday as it dealt with the effects of the coronavirus pandemic.
March12,2021
Car makers Volkswagen, Tata freeze cooperation talks
Germany's Volkswagen AG and India's Tata have broken off talks concerning a potential cooperation between the two car makers, a spokesperson for the Volkswagen brand Skoda confirmed on Thursday.
August11,2017
Bosch to sell passenger car brake disc production with 900 employees
The German technology group and automotive supplier Bosch is aiming to sell its passenger car brake disc production unit.
July13,2021
Profile of Key Figures
July08,2015
Benin Chinese Cultural Center resumes 2016-2017 chinese language class
Chinese language training has resumed at the Chinese cultural center of Cotonou as the 2016-2017 academic year was launched on Saturday in the Benin economic capital.
November21,2016
German union warns of job losses from electro-mobility
The new gas emissions targets of the European Union could result in substantial job losses and incalculable social repercussions in Germany, the top official of the country's metalworkers union IG Metall warns.
December29,2018
Germany's Thyssenkrupp to cut 3,000 steel jobs
Germany's ailing industrial giant Thyssenkrupp and union IG Metall agreed on Wednesday to 3,000 job cuts in the company's steel division.
March27,2020
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