Germany's skilled trades sector is facing a decline in turnover and the loss of up to 80,000 jobs, the country's skilled crafts association (ZDH), which represents about 5.7 million workers, said on Tuesday. Speaking at a gathering of the 53 German chambers of skilled crafts in Erfurt, ZDH General Secretary Holger Schwannecke predicted that the sector would post a nominal rise in turnover of just 1%, implying a fall in real terms, with consumer inflation currently running at 2.2%. While those pa