The Logistics Association of Sustainable Intermodality (ALIS) and ANITA, the association belonging to Confindustria that brings together road haulage and logistics companies have signed a collaboration agreement with the aim of promoting together the development of road haulage and logistics, supporting transport policy open to Europe, market-oriented and close to companies in the sector. The goal is to strengthen national and European institutions, in the stakeholders and public opinion the awareness that Encouraging the growth of the sector means ensuring a Significant contribution to policy delivery industrial and competitiveness of the national economy.

In addition, the agreement aims to complement the experience gained by the associations to promote the protection and representation of of the respective associated companies. Maintaining the autonomy of each of the parties, as part of the collaboration between the two structures will be involved and the scope of action extended to areas of specific work such as external communication activities, development of projects in the field of training, sustainability and technological innovation, carrying out studies and analyses. With reference to industrial relations, the objective is the construction of a modern bargaining system, capable of ensure regularity, legality, safety and the fight against social dumping.

"ALIS - said the president of the association, Guido Grimaldi, on the occasion of today's announcement of the agreement - has always represented a great transversal association, able to to combine and systematize different experiences and needs, but with a clear objective: healthy, sustainable and competitive growth of companies and of the entire country. With this in mind, the development and sharing, the collaboration between ALIS and ANITA confirms the importance of working in synergy with the other realities of the sector to face common challenges, enhance skills the professionalism of the member companies and represent, before national and European institutions, a unified voice to the demands of the sectors involved. This synergy is also an important opportunity to be transformed also in the trade union sphere, because the centrality of the logistics sector and of road haulage is and must continue to be a a strong point for the people who work there, with modern rules, challenging and competitive".

The president of ANITA, Riccardo Morelli, highlighted that "The agreement reached with ALIS represents for ANITA the opportunity to extend and strengthen associative action, also through the integration between the assistance services and consultancy for companies. The goal - he added - is to give greater centrality to the transport and transport sector logistics as part of the country's economic policy".