Overtime ban at port of Montreal goes on as ‘special mediator’ is rejected

Canadian shipping stakeholder hopes of a prompt resolution of the dispute at the port of Montreal have been quashed, after Canadian minister of labour Steven MacKinnon’s proposal for “special mediation” was rejected.   Last Tuesday, Mr MacKinnon made a proposal to the Maritime Employers Assocation (MEA) and Montréal Longshoremen’s union Local 375 to appoint “a special…