On the occasion of the informal hearings held yesterday at the Labour Commission of the Chamber of Deputies for the conversion into law of the decree-law of 1 May, Ancip, Assiterminal, Assologistica and Uniport have delivered two amendment proposals which - highlighted the associations representing the companies operating in ports - offer the government the last chance to include some port tasks among the strenuous jobs and for establish the fund for the incentive for early retirement.

Emphasizing that port work is characterized by physical intensity, exposure to specific risk factors and shifts, the four associations have therefore asked the government and all political forces an urgent intervention and no longer postponed on two critical issues of the logistics-port system which - they recalled - are shared by the trade unions: the formal recognition of some port tasks among strenuous jobs (Legislative Decree 67/2011); The Establishment of the Retirement Incentive Fund useful to encourage, among other things, the necessary turnover and the reduction of the gender gap.

Strenuous work and retirement incentive fund - explained Ancip, Assiterminal, Assologistica and Uniport - are interrelated issues and both, as a matter of urgency, require a coherent solution.

The representatives of the port companies have, however, confirmed the interest in an urgent meeting with the Government for the solution of issues deemed no longer deferrable.