Germany also has strong unions across its blue collar workforce which provides a political and social base for the apprenticeship system. These don’t exist anyw

Germany also has strong unions across its blue collar workforce which provides a political and social base for the apprenticeship system. These don’t exist anywhere to the same extent in the US, where many in these jobs are forced into independent contractor status and unions are formed on a shop-vote basis, things which were purposely designed to prevent unionization.