Maui nurses ratify three-year contract
Associated Press
Hawaii Nurses Association: http://www.hawaiinurses.org Hale Makua: http://www.halemakua.com
KAHULUI, Maui — The 31 registered nurses at Hale Makua healthcare facilities have ratified a new three-year contract.
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The contract for the nurses at Hale Makua's skilled nursing and long-term care facilities at Kahului and its Home Health Care Unit serving all of Maui expired June 30.
The union said yesterday that the settlement improves wages by 15 percent over the next three years and maintains present health insurance coverage agreements.
Claudine Tomasa, chief negotiator for the union, has said the bargaining was difficult. "But eventually we were able to turn it around to something both sides could live with, after much compromise," she said.
