Some of Germany’s biggest industrial bosses are reigniting the debate over longer working hours. Nearly 40 years ago, German metalworkers secured a 35-hour working week by...
The British government has officially taken the steelmaker British Steel into public ownership, 15 years after launching an intervention to prevent the closure of its production...
Jürgen Kerner, vice-president of Germany’s largest trade union, IG Metall, warned that Europe’s former industrial heartland must act urgently to overcome economic turmoil and prevent deindustrialisation,...