SICILY: NURSING STAFF STRIKE AT PALERMO'S PSYCHIATRIC CENTRE

Record ID: 341984

  • Title: SICILY: NURSING STAFF STRIKE AT PALERMO'S PSYCHIATRIC CENTRE
  • Date: 18th November 1969
  • Summary: PALERMO PSYCHIATRIC CENTRE; STRIKERS OUTSIDE HOSPITAL WITH PLACARDS; RELATIVES WITH FOOD OUTSIDE HOSPITAL. Initials CP/VS/PN/SGM Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 3rd December 1969 13:00
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  • Location: PALERMO, SICILY
  • Country: Italy
  • Reuters ID: LVA19XHZLFZ8N4KVJH2XIDYQ1EQ0
  • Story Text: MORE THAN 20 MILLION ITALIANS WILL MAKE A MASS DEMAND FOR CHEAPER HOUSING TOMORROW (WEDNESDAY) IN A NATIONWIDE GENERAL STRIKE LIKELY TO COST THE COUNTRY 86 MILLION STERLING. TRAINS, BUSES AND TAXIS WILL STOP. SHOPS, MARKETS, BANKS, THEATRES, CINEMAS, PETROL STATIONS AND MANY FACTORIES WILL CLOSE. THERE WILL BE NO BREAD, MILK, POST OR NEWSPAPERS AND RADIO AND TELEVISION PROGRAMMES WILL BE SLASHED.

    MEANTIME, IN PALERMO, SICILY, DOCTORS HAVE TAKEN OVER NURSING DUTIES AT PALERMO'S PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL, WHERE THE STAFF HAVE BEEN ON STRIKE FOR ALMOST TWO WEEKS. THE HOSPITAL'S TWO AND A HALF THOUSAND PATIENTS WERE LEFT WITHOUT ADEQUATE FOOD OR CARE. THE SUPPLIERS STOPPED SENDING PROVISIONS TO THE HOSPITAL AFTER THE CITY COUNCIL HAD FAILED TO PAY THEIR BILLS.

    LONG QUEUES OF ANXIOUS RELATIVES FORMED OUTSIDE THE HOSPITAL TODAY, TO BRING FOOD AND MEDICINES FOR THEIR RELATIVES INSIDE.

    THE STRIKERS ARE DEMANDING PAY RISES AND BETTER CONDITIONS -- AND THEIR PAY FOR THE LAST MONTH WHICH THE CITY COUNCIL HAS FAILED TO PAY.
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