{{short description|Trade union of Italy}}
The '''Italian Union of Hospital Workers''' ({{langx|it|Unione Italiana del Lavoro Sanità}}, UIL SANITA) was a [[trade union]] representing workers in the healthcare sector in Italy.
The union was founded in 1950 as the '''Italian Union of Autonomous Hospital Unions''', and was a founding affiliate of the [[Italian Labour Union]] (UIL).<ref name="history">{{cite web |title=Camera sindacale UIL di Biella |url=http://www.istitutosalvemini.it/images/Inventario_UILSanit%C3%A0.pdf |website=UIL Piemonte |accessdate=27 September 2020}}</ref> It held its first conference in 1953.<ref name="bergamaschi">{{cite book |last1=Bergamaschi |first1=Myriam |title=I sindacati della UIL 1950-1968: Un dizionario |publisher=Bibliotheka Edizioni |isbn=8869343200 |pages=195, 408–412}}</ref>
By 1997, the union had 99,596 members.<ref name="ebbinghaus">{{cite book |last1=Ebbinghaus |first1=Bernhard |last2=Visser |first2=Jelle |title=Trade Unions in Western Europe Since 1945 |date=2000 |publisher=Palgrave Macmillan |location=Basingstoke |isbn=0333771125 |pages=408–409}}</ref> In 2000, it merged with the [[National Union of Local Authority Employees]], to form the [[Italian Union of Local Authority Workers]].<ref name="history" />
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[[Category:Health care trade unions]] [[Category:Trade unions established in 1950]] [[Category:Trade unions disestablished in 2000]] [[Category:Trade unions in Italy]]