Too many elements do not add up in the story told by Giuseppina Giuliano, the young Neapolitan janitor who said she commutes from Naples to Milan every day.
The story of Josephine Julian it went around the web in just a few days. But too many elements don’t add up in her story. Starting with travel expenses.
Giuseppina Giuliano/ web archive-Leggilo
The 29-year-old Neapolitan has been working as a school assistant for a few months at the Umberto Boccioni art school in Milan. Giuseppina told of commute every day between Naples and the Lombard capital by spending 400 euros a month. She explained that she had opted for this solution because, earning just over 1100 euros a month, renting a studio flat or even just a room in Milan would cost her more than commuting. But the accounts do not add up. A Frecciarossa train to go from Naples Central to Milan Central costs 92.70 euros; same amount for the return. So in a single day, the expenditure is 185.40 euros. It is true that Trenitalia has various offers that allow you to reduce the cost of tickets, but we can rule out that the 400 euros declared by the protagonist of the story are sufficient for 24-25 working days. Furthermore, it is certainly true that in Milan a single room costs at least 600 euros a month and a studio apartment can even touch 1000, but just move a little outside the city to find half-priceswithout the need to return to Naples every evening.
Giuseppina Giuliano’s story is not convincing
Giuseppina at school/ web archive-Leggilo
But even assuming that Josephine Julian really go back and forth every day from Naples to Milan, if this happened every day it should be the employer – the school principal in this case – who opposes it. Indeed the art. 2087 of the Civil Code requires the employer to take all measures aimed at protect the health of the staff. And such a situation, once known by the employer, cannot fail to be considered harmful to the employee. One last aspect to consider is that of constitutional principles. Work is the first theme that mentions the Constitution, which already in art. 1 commits the Republic to protect work. Work is important, it is essential not only to make ends meet but also as a form of personal fulfillment. Working makes the human being autonomous, independent. It is very right to reward those who make sacrifices to work but to everything there must be a limit. Work is needed to live: life and psychophysical health must never be sacrificed for work.
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