Norway Unions Begin First Large-Scale Strike in Two Decades

Norwegian workers started the first large-scale strike in 23 years after failing to secure a wage deal with employers in the energy-rich Nordic nation.

About 25,000 union members walked out at 6 a.m. on Monday as last-effort talks led by a government-appointed mediator yielded no agreement on salaries for about 185,000 workers.

The strike is set to affect suppliers to the oil industry such as Aker Solutions ASA, while oil and gas production in western Europe’s biggest exporter of fossil fuels would be spared, according to lists published by the unions. It would also dent construction and road maintenance, ...