Ravenna, 27 June 2024 – At the conclusion of a crisis which had been going on for some time, the ‘Cofari’ ha surrendered il porterage branch e ceased the activity of removals. The historic Ravenna cooperative (which turns half a century this year) will continue to carry out the activity of deposits for third parties at its headquarters in Bassette area.
The operation ensured the full employmentunder equal economic and regulatory conditions, of thewhole organic of the porterage branch of Cofari, composed of approximately a hundred people. At the same time the removals branchwhich he saw occupied about ten employeeswas decommissionedwhile guaranteeing all protections provided for by the regulations to workers.
The result was achieved thanks to the precious Is responsable cooperation of the unions of category of Cgil, Cisl and Uil, who immediately understood the importance and delicacy of the operation. Legacoop Romagnain full awareness of the gravity of the crisis Cofari is going through, accompanied the cooperative at the search for partners who took over the historical porterage activity. After various discussions, in the impossibility of finding companies in the area concerned, a Lombard company was identified, Elle Emme Logisticswhich provides all the guarantees of solidity and legality. Overall, in the face of a now irreversible corporate crisis, a important goalensuring the safeguard of employment and the protection of workers’ rights. The Cofari crisis must however represent a warning per the entire logistics system of the Emilia-Romagna region and in particular for the port one.
In the course of its activity, in fact, Cofari guaranteed social growth e good job in full compliance with the regulations, to generations of workers, characterising itself as a safeguard of legality. As is known the porterage sector in recent decades it has deconstructedwith the entry into the port area of companies that operate with tunsustainable prices by cooperative societies like Cofariwho have always worked in full legality, investing in safety and training and applying the contracts signed by the most representative social partners.
