Federchimica, Farmindustria and the trade union organizations signing the collective labor agreement (for workers in the chemical, chemical-pharmaceutical, chemical fiber and abrasive, lubricant and LPG sectors), signed today in Milan in Milan as part of the national sector Observatory, national guidelines to encourage - also through a social responsibility pact - socially responsible behavior and choices in industrial relations and company bargaining.

The agreement, recalls a joint press release from Federchimica, Farmindustria, Filctem-Cgil, Femca-Cisl and Uilcem-Uil, follows the contractual renewal of 18 December 2009, which had already formalized support for the development of social responsibility at all levels. And it represents the commitment of companies and workers to integrate, each in relation to their role, social, ethical and environmental issues in their activities and in internal and external relationships, operating responsibly and having clear rights and duties.

September 13, 2011 –

Post office and shortage of medicines, Fofi-Farmindustria meeting

Meeting today in Rome between Fofi, the federation of pharmacists' orders, and Farmindustria, the association of drug companies, to examine both the recent agreement signed by the latter with the post office and the problem of the shortage of some drugs in the area.

On the first point, following Farmindustria's illustration of the terms of the Agreement, Fofi «acknowledged – informs a joint press release – that this deals with particular situations, numerically limited, which present highly critical issues and require appropriate approaches». It was therefore agreed that Fofi "will play a guarantee role in this area so that the pharmacist continues to perform all the functions entrusted to him by professional competence in the