Uiltrasporti highlighted the importance "that the forces committed to supporting our demands and present amendments to the budget law for the recognition port and maritime work as a strenuous job and for the unblocking the full operation of the Fund for the exodus of the port sector, which has been stopped for four years". At the end of a Today's meeting with the other trade unions with the deputies of the Democratic Party, Uiltrasporti underlined that the PD "is the only political force that has responded so far to our requests for meetings for the maritime port sector in view of the examination of the maneuver".

"Ports and maritime transport - noted the Uiltrasporti - are the strategic and essential infrastructure for the logistical, productive and economic stability of the country and 80% of the goods transit through our ports. To the workers of such a economically and strategically important must finally be recognized the right treatment from a social security point of view, of health and dignity as well as the possibility of a generational change made necessary by the type of work and the average age is increasingly high. Objectives important that - concluded Uiltrasporti - can be achieved only through the presentation of amendments to the Law of the Budget, the constant dialogue with the trade unions and the involvement of all parliamentary groups for a response shared with our requests".