
After the announcement of a comprehensive restructuring plan at Volkswagen with the reduction of 50,000 jobs worldwide, an agreement has now been reached for the Osnabrück site, which has been under negotiation for a long time.
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Volkswagen is planning massive job cuts of 50,000 jobs worldwide, half of them in Germany. Four German plants face an uncertain future.
Dusseldorf. In the past few days, the news from Europe's largest car manufacturer, Volkswagen, has been overwhelming. It was only on Thursday that the supervisory board approved a restructuring plan for the group after months of dispute. A further 50,000 jobs are to be lost worldwide, half of them in Germany. The future in the coming decade remains uncertain for four German plants.
A location whose future Volkswagen has been negotiating for a long time has fallen somewhat out of sight: Osnabrück. Now there is an agreement there too.

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