Dutch union calls off strike at Shell Pernis refinery

Dutch union FNV has called off a strike which began late last week at Shell's 404,000 barrels per day Pernis oil refinery in the Netherlands even though it has rejected a new pay proposal from the oil company, a union spokesman said. On Thursday, the CNV union accepted a new pay offer for workers at the refinery and neighbouring petrochemical plant, a Shell spokeswoman said. "Shell and CNV will now sign their Collective Labour Agreement (CLA).