Employees at Padre Pio’s hospital begin hunger strike
May 04, 2026
» Continue to this story on Foggia Today (Italian)
CWN Editor's Note: Unions representing employees at the Home for the Relief of Suffering, a hospital founded by St. Pio of Pietrelcina in 1956, announced the beginning of a hunger strike on May 2.
Foggia Today reported that the unions have four non-negotiable demands: “guarantee of quality care for all patients who see the hospital as a national point of reference; protection of the rights and future of hundreds of workers and their families, defense of the original mission of Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza; [and] enhancement of the historical and social heritage of the territory.”
“We are not willing to watch a heritage of faith, solidarity and professionalism crumble,” the union representatives said in a joint statement.
The Foggia Today article did not report on the hospital management’s reaction.
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