Norway loses patience with oil strikers

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Series Details 9.7.12
Publication Date 09/07/2012
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Article reports on a strike in Norway by oil workers in June-July 2012, whose two-week long strike over pensions threatened a shutdown of the entire industry from the 10 july 2012.

The dispute centred on union demands that all offshore workers should be allowed to retire with a full pension at 62 instead of 65.

Related Links
Reuters, 8.7.12: Norway oil pay talks fail again, shutdown looms http://in.reuters.com/article/2012/07/08/norway-strike-idINL6E8I81AU20120708
BBC News, 10.7.12: Norway government ends oil and gas strike http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-18767000

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