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FILE - A female worker cleans the VW emblem on a Volkswagen Golf in the Volkswagen factory in Wolfsburg, Germany, on Feb. 15, 2007. (AP Photo/Kai-Uwe Knoth)

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Video. Volkswagen to cut 100,000 jobs in biggest ever industry shake-up

Updated: 04/09/2026 - 8:03 GMT+2

German car giant Volkswagen said that management and unions had agreed to cut a further 50,000 jobs by the end of the decade, bringing total job losses to 100,000.

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