AFTER only two weeks of negotiations, the dockers union at Vancouver and Prince Rupert has asked the Canadian federal government for concilliation services, citing a lack of ‘meaningful progress.’ The International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) Canada filed a ‘notice of dispute’ with the Minister of Labour in Ottawa, triggering a process during which a federal conciliation officer appointed within 15 days ‘will assist and support the parties to achieve a renewed collective agreement,’...