French union seeks oil refinery shutdown as pay strike extended

PARIS (Reuters) - Oil industry workers extended their strike to a third day on Friday at four of France's seven refineries, a move that could lead to a shutdown at a Total facility near Paris from Sunday, the CGT union said.Support for continued action came after unions rejected on Thursday a 1.5 percent salary increase offer by oil industry federation UFIP, saying it was below the French inflation rate.The CGT and fellow hard-left union FO have called on striking workers to step up blockades of..