Scottish oil refinery strike ends

LONDON – Workers returned to the Grangemouth refinery in central Scotland on Tuesday after a 48-hour strike that forced the closure of a major North Sea pipeline system.

UNITE, Britain’s largest union, said further industrial action is possible unless refinery owner Ineos backs down in a dispute over pensions.


Business Secretary John Hutton, who was in Scotland on Tuesday, said he was glad the union and company planned to meet later in the day.

“There is a gap between the two sides that has got to be bridged