Trade union Safe threatened strike action at Equinor’s Mongstad refinery and other oil and gas facilities if an upcoming round of wage talks fails to result in agreement. A dozen workers at the Mongstad refinery could go on strike, in a first step towards broader labour action, the union said. In case of a protracted conflict, a strike could spread to other onshore facilities, with as many as 800 oil and gas workers potentially involved.
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