The unions denounce the serious situation of crisis to the Terminal Bulk of the port of Genoa



Filt Cgil, Fit Cisl and Uiltrasporti denounce as the hemorrhage of the traffic of ships portarinfuse in existence to the port of Genoa has an impact negative on the workers of the Terminal Bulk, in concession to Terminal Bulk Italy Spa (TRI), and of the Harbour Company Pietro Chiesa. "Recently - the unions remember - the activity of the Terminal Bulk has had a strong slow down: many ships that before called at Genoa now are diverted towards other ports. If it is true that one of the reasons of the discouragement of the disembarked tonnage is from searching in the decrease of the operativity of the electric power plant - Filt Cgil, Fit Cisl and Uiltrasporti specify - great part of the faults but it goes characterized in the policies of the terminalista, which has many times over disregarded the callbacks of the public administrations and the labor organizations faces to place the terminal in the necessary operating conditions previewed of the enforced norm in topic of atmosphere and healthiness of the job places (pack-saddles to remember that it is due to take part the magistracy)".

Filt Cgil, Fit Cisl and Uiltrasporti emphasize that "they are necessary structural participations in dock, the warehouses and operating means" and remember that from various time trade-union and the other organisms "intimano to the terminalista to place in being all the necessary measures so that the terminal is returned competitive. The various encounters are turned on the issues with the company of the job and of the manutentivi participations as above - the representatives of the workers specify - they have been found, for us, unsatisfactory. From January of this year the suspiciones of a disengagement of the Terminal Italy Bulk on the terminal of Genoa were already tangible, but only in July the company has revealed to the labor organizations its will to sell the terminal of Genoa, for through of a somewhat generic communication".

"By the company, against the deliberation of the Harbour Committee through which they are begun the procedures of revocation of the concession to the Terminal Italy Bulk - Filt Cgil, Fit Cisl and Uiltrasporti continue - have not even not been some type of sign. Indiscretions which leaked out on the medium damage for started a negotiation of cession of the terminal of Genoa on the associate of TRI minority: we have asked in merit elucidations, but all it shuts up".

"In all this sad event for the port and the city - the unions emphasize - who more is suffering is about 80 workers (between direct operators of TRI and the Pietro Chiesa company) that bulk operates on the areas of the terminal, by now from various months in redundancy fund. Not to mention the fallen back ones on the induced one".

"We cannot wait for beyond - Filt Cgil, Fit Cisl and Uiltrasporti conclude - the ships go towards other ports and it will not be easy to bring back the routes on Genoa. We are not disposed to who knows die of starvation waiting for which event. We ask the Harbour Authority for Genoa a greater engagement so that the event is concluded positively for the workers. For all the motivations of which above short we will give beginning to a series of actions of protest, times to raise awareness the harbour community, the institutions and the public opinion on the event and the scempio that it is happening to the shoulders of the workers of the terminal bulk and the Pietro Chiesa company".