The Unite union has called off a planned strike at the Grangemouth oil refinery and petrochemical plant.
The move followed through-the-night talks between the union and site operator Ineos.
Unite claimed Ineos representatives had "walked away" after 16 hours of talks at the Acas conciliation service in Glasgow.
The union said it had cancelled the strike to protect the facility from its owner's "scandalous behaviour".
Ineos has so far not made any statement.
Unite members had been due to begin a 48-hour walkout at the plant, in central Scotland, at 07:00 on Sunday.
The dispute has centred on the treatment of union convenor Stephen Deans.
End Quote Pat Rafferty UniteUnite will now call off all industrial action with immediate effect in order to protect this national asset from the scandalous behaviour of its owner"
Unite's Scottish secretary Pat Rafferty said the marathon session of talks, which began on Tuesday afternoon, had broken up at 05:00 after failing to resolve the bitter row.
Mr Rafferty said: "We are outraged that Ineos representatives walked away from Acas talks, after 16 hours of negotiation and on the cusp of an agreement, for the ludicrous reason that Ineos chairman Jim Ratcliffe instructed his management representatives to demand an apology on his behalf.
"Unite offered Ineos every proposal we could practically make, specifically an offer to enter into negotiations under the auspices of Acas to secure the future of Grangemouth with the immediate call-off of all industrial action and a guarantee of no strikes during these negotiations.
"However at 5am this morning Acas representatives informed us that we could not conclude an agreement to take to our members because a list of fresh demands were placed upon us and because 'Jim wants an apology' and that this was 'a deal-breaker'.
"I have never came across anything like this in over 30 years of employment relations and it is utterly reprehensible.
"It is absolutely incredible that the future of this site, its workforce - both permanent and contracted employees - and the national interest has been totally compromised by one man's out of control ego."
'Full production'Mr Rafferty accused Ineos of running the plant into a "damaging cold shutdown" which would impact on fuel production and supply across Scotland.
He said: "The safety and integrity of the site and the local population are now paramount and we have an obligation to ensure that Ineos does not permanently decimate the plant's assets and the workforce with this cold shutdown.
"As a result, Unite will now call off all industrial action with immediate effect in order to protect this national asset from the scandalous behaviour of its owner.
"The plant should now start the return to full production and there is no excuse for this not to happen."
Mr Deans was involved in the row over the selection of a Labour candidate in Falkirk, where he is chairman of the constituency party.
He was suspended by Ineos and later reinstated, but is facing an internal investigation by the company over issues linked to the Falkirk affair.
Ineos has warned that Grangemouth is losing £10m a month and will close in 2017 without investment and cost-cutting.
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