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Volkswagen: scraps 30-year agreement with workers, prepares for thousands of redundancies and plant closures

The changes Volkswagen are world-changing, with the German automaker’s leadership team announcing today to labor union leaders that it is ending a 30-year-old agreement that protected workers from layoffs.

Volkswagen is going through the worst period in its history, following the trajectory of the German economy, which is on the brink of recession.