"Sassari Local Health Authority, you have little to brag about." The Nursind union attacks the company head-on, citing Fausta Pileri, territorial secretary for the Sassari capital and member of the national management. The premise is a must, regarding the crisis facing the healthcare system in Sassari and Sardinia, including staff shortages, hospital beds, and parking. "And yet," Pileri states, "we are witnessing self-proclamations on the part of the management."
The reference is to the company's press release last week announcing the productivity payout. "Not a bonus," Pileri argues, "but a contractual right. This used to be paid in April, but now it's paid in October, and with great fanfare, too."
For the secretary, this is "a cosmetic operation," and she adds: "In the meantime, the same ASL has not yet received the professionalism-based financial differentials for the previous year, nor the meal vouchers. And this is just one example."
But there are also issues at the AOU, where, if possible, the critical issues would be greater. "Personnel funds," Nursind reports, "which are workers' money, cannot even be certified by the Board of Auditors because the company does not provide the required documentation. As a union, we have repeatedly asked the AOU to make the missing reports public, but to no avail." This is not a new situation, having been resolved in the past with union intervention. " It is unacceptable that patients and workers must continually turn to the relevant authorities and the press to obtain what they are rightfully entitled to."
Nursind assures that the protest is not political in nature but "out of respect for those who run the departments every day, providing care and assistance despite increasingly difficult conditions."
