2024-05-12 16:27:34
Forty-nine employees of the Vatican Museums have threatened to sue the Vatican “Governatorate”, the body that administers the Vatican City State, over what they consider working conditions “that undermine dignity.”
The workers – 47 janitors, a restaurateur and a bookstore worker (out of a total of 700) – have sent a formal letter to Cardinal Fernando Vèrgez Alzaga, president of the Governatorato, the body that exercises executive power in the city. state and on which the workers of the Museum also depend, in which they threaten to take the Vatican to court, if some fundamental norms that govern work within the Holy See are not modified, according to the Italian newspaper ‘Il Corriere della Sera’. ‘ and Europa Press has confirmed from legal sources.
If carried out, it would be the first known class action lawsuit in the Vatican, where there are no unions representing workers. In the letter – which has been processed through the well-known Italian lawyer, Laura Sgrò – the same one who has managed to reopen the investigation into the disappearance of the young Emanuela Orlandi in 1983 -, the Vatican employees regret, for example, having They have to carry out extra work hours paid at lower rates or extensive check-ups when they have taken sick leave, including, for example, home visits when they were at the doctor.
“Your Most Reverend Eminence, the working conditions threaten the dignity and health of each worker. The poor management is evident, which would be even more serious if it obeyed the sole logic of obtaining greater benefits,” they point out in the letter.
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