«Port work is protected, qualified and supported institutions and companies is not an obstacle to the competitiveness, is the first, indispensable condition". This is underlined by Filt-Cgil and Uiltrasporti replying to the statements made by the Chairman of Uniport, Pasquale Legora De Feo, at Naples Shipping Week, explaining that "To define the system of temporary work in the means misrepresenting the nature and role of Article 17 of Law 84/94, how it was born and how it guaranteed the development of Italian ports in the interest of the country".

"Article 17 - the two organizations highlight trade unions in a note - is a regulated, assigned through public tenders and constantly supervised by the Authorities of the Port System to ensure flexibility essential for terminal operators during traffic peaks, prevent the cost of such flexibility from being passed on entirely on workers and preserve skilled labour, formed and protected by the national collective agreement. Work - Filt and Uilt point out - is a backbone because it allows companies to respond to their customers with maximum flexibility, employing these workers even for a single shift, with an operational and economic value who, those who manage a terminal, know well. At the same time, it is also the most fragile element because, when the trafficking drop, he is the first to pay the consequences with calls which are reduced and with the compensation for non-start-up that it is unable to guarantee decent wages to those who work".

"Dismantling this system - continues the note - does not it means modernizing the ports, but opening the quays to the precariousness and intermittent work, breaking down the safety standards in one of the highest risk sectors accident of the country".

"However - point out Filt-Cgil and Uiltrasporti - , it is not It seems coincidental that these considerations come just as the port companies of Naples and Salerno fight for the recognition of the contributions provided for by Article 199 of the Decree Relaunch. Despite the fact that the Salerno Regional Administrative Court annulled the denial of the Port Authority, the sums due continue not to be allocated, forcing the workers of the Campania ports to strike on the 15th and 16 October last".

"On the other hand, we share - concludes the note - the objective of a port operating 24 hours a day, but true operational continuity is not It is guaranteed by leaving workers alone in the face of uncertainty economical. On the contrary, a port open day and night requires respect, responsibility and investment in people with adequate staff, sustainable shifts, the rigorous protection of the health and a renewal of the Ports CCNL that gives the right value to those who keeps our airports going every day."