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| Refinery talks solution proposed | |
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| A possible resolution to the dispute over pensions at the Grangemouth oil refinery is to be considered by the Unite union and Ineos management. | A possible resolution to the dispute over pensions at the Grangemouth oil refinery is to be considered by the Unite union and Ineos management. |
| The two sides held talks at a secret venue in London, just hours after workers at the plant returned from a 48-hour stoppage. | The two sides held talks at a secret venue in London, just hours after workers at the plant returned from a 48-hour stoppage. |
| An agreed statement described the talks as "constructive and meaningful". | An agreed statement described the talks as "constructive and meaningful". |
| The strike by about 1,200 workers disrupted fuel supplies to Scotland and the north of England. | The strike by about 1,200 workers disrupted fuel supplies to Scotland and the north of England. |
| The strike also resulted in the closure of the BP-run Forties pipeline system, which carries much of the UK's oil output from the North Sea. | |
| The statement issued after the talks said: "A meeting was held in London today between Jim Ratcliffe and Tom Crotty of Ineos with the general secretaries of Unite, Tony Woodley and Derek Simpson. | |
| "It was a constructive and meaningful discussion and reached a proposal that will be considered by the company and the union in the coming days, with a view to finding a resolution to the pensions dispute." | |
| The dispute centred on changes to the workers' pension scheme. |