Unions representing workers at Benevento's AORN San Pio hospital have asked Roberto Fico for urgent institutional action over staffing and services, warning that they could move their protest to Naples with a sit-in outside the offices of the Regione Campania if they receive no concrete response.
The appeal was sent by the local branches of FP CGIL, UIL FP and USB PI, according to NTR24. The three organisations describe the situation at the San Pio as unresolved and say regional attention is now needed.
What the unions are denouncing
The unions point to a set of long-running problems inside the hospital. Their complaints include staff shortages, heavy workloads, the failure to stabilise temporary workers, pressure on the emergency department, parking difficulties and problems with the staff canteen.
The claims are reported as union allegations. The sources reviewed do not provide an independent verification of management and care conditions, and no response from the management of the AORN San Pio was recorded in the material acquired.
The background: the 14 October protest
The letter to Fico follows a street mobilisation held on 14 October. On that day, FP CGIL, UIL FPL, Nursing Up and USB PI protested outside the hospital entrance and then continued toward the administrative offices.
Reports of that protest list similar demands: parking, more personnel, lighter workloads, conditions in the Pronto soccorso, stabilisation of precarious workers, transfers and the application of contractual provisions. The unions describe the action as part of a state of labour unrest that, in their account, has been continuing for months.
The October protest helps explain why the unions are now addressing the regional level. Having taken the dispute from the hospital entrance to the hospital administration, they say the next step could be taking it from Benevento to Naples.
A possible escalation, not yet scheduled
The unions present the Naples sit-in as a possible escalation conditional on receiving no concrete response. No final date for a sit-in outside the Regione Campania emerged from the sources acquired.
It is also not clear from the sources whether Fico has yet scheduled a meeting with the unions, or what timetable, if any, the hospital management has proposed for the issues raised.
For readers following the dispute, the two points to watch are therefore whether a regional meeting is arranged and whether the unions set a definite date for the Naples action. Until then, the sit-in remains an announced option rather than a confirmed event.
