Maui healthcare employees arrange picket indicators in preparation for a three-day strike Nov. Four-6, 2024. Eli Tempo/The Maui Information
The Maui County Council met Tuesday and voted in favor of a decision to indicate assist for Maui Well being System employees of their ongoing labor negotiations.
Decision 24-189 calls on Maui Well being System, a Kaiser Basis Hospital LLC, to barter in good religion with employees who went on strike Nov. Four-6.
The strike got here after ongoing negotiations, which had been happening since July, didn’t be resolved. Because of this, about 1,000 Maui Well being System staff represented by the California United Nurses Affiliation/Well being Professionals Union went on strike whereas calling for pay will increase and assured patient-to-staff ratios.
The decision establishes that “A fast and honest decision of those negotiations is in our greatest curiosity” of well being care employees at Maui Memorial Medical Middle, Kula Hospital and Lanah Neighborhood Well being Middle and all residents of Maui County.
“I hope they get the message that they should step up and pay individuals correctly.” South Maui Councilman Tom Prepare dinner mentioned of the decision.
“I'm completely satisfied to assist this, however I'm unhappy that we’ve got to do it once more.” mentioned Councilor Nohe U'u-Hodgins, representing Paia, Makawao and Haiku.
West Maui Councilwoman Tamara Paltin, who launched the decision, famous that staff labored throughout COVID and the fires.
“They've seen horrible issues and so they're simply attempting to assist us, in order that they want our assist to assist them,” Paltin mentioned.
Lana'i Councilman Gabe Johnson mentioned he was within the basement with the nurses at one level throughout negotiations and described the method as “fascinating.”
“We sat for eight hours and they’d come down from the principle places of work for 5 minutes and say 'no' after which come again up. And that's what the nurses did: simply sit in a room for hours and hours ready for his or her voices to be heard.” mentioned.
Paltin mentioned the following dates for negotiations are Dec. 11 and 12, and he or she needed the decision handed so nurses might take it with them to the negotiating desk.
All council members current voted in favor of the trouble.
To view the total decision, go to mauicounty.legistar.com/calendar.aspx.