In the early hours of the morning today, the the agreement for the renewal of the national collective agreement of work in the logistics, freight transport and shipping sector, affecting about one million workers and which has been reached after nine months of negotiations and four days of negotiations Uninterrupted. On the economic front, the renewal provides for increases wages of 230 euros for non-travelling staff (level 3S) and €260 for train crew (level 3B), with the introduction of the Professional Area Element (EPA), which enhances the skills of the staff. The agreement, valid until 31 December 2027, led to the withdrawal of the strike by the trade unions previously scheduled for 9 and 10 December.

Filt Cgil, Fit Cisl and Uiltrasporti have specified that The agreement introduces substantial changes on the regulatory part: working hours are reduced; Modernizing profiles professional skills, adapting them to technology and the new figures of the sector; a social clause is introduced for drivers and themselves are exempt from reimbursing the damage to the vehicle in the event that of first accident; the figure of the RLSS (Representative of Site Safety Workers).

"The new contract - commented the secretary Confederal Representative of the UIL, Vera Buonomo, and the Secretary General of the Uiltrasporti, Marco Verzari - combines wage recovery, essential to counteract the erosion of purchasing power, with a Regulatory flexibility, which can help address the challenges of operational challenges of an ever-changing industry. Among the main innovations, the introduction of rules for agile work and the right to disconnect, improvement safety measures at work, the fight against gender discrimination, the increase in the protected period and economic coverage for serious illnesses and the modernization of professional profiles to make them more adherent to the current needs". "In addition," added the two union leaders - the renewal disciplines with greater attention to the management of contracts and the qualification of the logistics chain, confirming the rules on working hours and with a well-defined procedure for the recognition of discontinuity for the travelling staff".

Referring to the salary, Buonomo and Verzari highlighted that "overall the average increase in wages and salaries stood at around 14.31%, a positive result for a strategic sector of the Italian economy". "The agreement achieved - they concluded - not only promotes greater equity remuneration, but also offers concrete answers to future challenges, with An increasingly marked focus on sustainability and innovation".

«At the end of a long negotiation that was not without difficulties - said the President of the Confederation Italian General of Transport and Logistics (Confetra), Carlo De Ruvo - common sense prevailed which made it possible to create a renewal satisfactory for both parties by avoiding a strike which in this period would have been disruptive not only for the but for the community itself. Ours is A great contract not only for the audience to which it applies - in addition to one million employees - but also for the representativeness of the organizations that sign it both on the employers' side and on the the trade union one. Its renewal, therefore, constitutes a fact particularly significant that testifies to the good level of trade union relations in the sector as also results from the various forms of bilaterality in place in the field of social security and supplementary health care. Overall, he concluded De Ruvo - it is a satisfactory renewal without winners or won because a unitary vision prevailed over everything in which Companies and workers are two sides of the same coin".

"This renewal - underlined Alessandro Peron, President of the Italian Federation of Road Hauliers Professional (FIAP) - is particularly important, given that The last regulatory revision dates back to 2017. During the pandemic only the economic part had been updated, but this time We have renewed and modernized 35% of the items, trying to meet the needs of workers and businesses. The parties involved declared themselves satisfied, albeit with some compromises, a sign of a balanced agreement. All employers' associations have worked together in a unified way to achieve this result". Peron noted that "on the wage front significant results have been achieved. As FIAP - has highlighted - we have always supported the importance of workers, the real engine of the sector. An example is the increase for drivers of C3 heavy vehicles, which with the new model reaches 290 euro, one of the highest ever obtained in any renewal of any sector, testifying to their role crucial for the entire sector".