AI-generated summary
Muhammed Kaan is 31 years old and works as a trained office clerk. In addition to his job, he creates technology videos on Tiktok that have a reach of around 400,000 people.
Muhammed Kaan is 31 years old and today he reaches around 400,000 people on Tiktok with his technology videos. On the traditional job market, however, the trained office clerk had to show again and again that his physical disability says nothing about what he can do.
DIE ZEIT: When did you realize that your disability was affecting your chances on the job market?
Before the start of collective bargaining in the metal and electrical industries, IG Metall is signaling increased willingness to fight. Warning strikes are possible from November 1st, while the union is demanding five percent more wages, which employers reject as unrealistic.

Artificial intelligence is fundamentally changing the job market and making it more difficult for young professionals and students to get a job. According to experts, the number of new hires and salary expectations are falling, while unemployment among young academics is increasing.
In Saxony, the average age of the population is rising, but older unemployed people are finding it more difficult to find a job again. According to the employment agency, this represents untapped potential for the labor market, despite the lack of skilled workers and the high qualifications of those affected.
Due to a three-day Verdi warning strike, buses and trains at SWEG bus companies and several railway routes in Baden-Württemberg are largely at a standstill. Over 300 union members are taking part in the strike.
The EVG is calling on around 280 employees at the Alstom factory in Stendal as well as locations in Chemnitz and Waibstadt to go on a 25-hour warning strike. The reason is the demand for wage adjustment, as employees in Stendal earn 500 euros less per month.

The German Federation of Trade Unions (DGB) organized demonstrations in 15 major cities under the motto “Hard earned! Your work. Your health. Your pension.” Trade union leaders such as Yasmin Fahimi, Frank Werneke and Christiane Benner criticized the government's planned reforms to working hours and pensions as well as social cuts and called for secure jobs, good working conditions and the protection of workers' rights.