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Prarthana Prakash, AFP

Nearly 20,000 Volkswagen workers take voluntary redundancy while others could work a 4-day week amid overhaul

Volkswagen AG headquarters in Wolfsburg, Germany (Credit: Krisztian Bocsi—Bloomberg/Getty Images)

Around 20,000 Volkswagen workers in Germany have so far agreed to take voluntary redundancy as part of a major overhaul aimed at cutting costs, the struggling auto titan said Tuesday.

Europe’s biggest carmaker, hit by fierce competition in its key market of China and a stuttering shift to electric vehicles, struck a deal with unions last year for massive job cuts in its home market.

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