Kauai nurses, management to resume negotiations
LIHUE, Hawaii (AP) _ Kauai's only hospital and its striking nurses are scheduled to resume negotiations Monday for the first time in nearly a month.
Leaders for the union and Wilcox Memorial Hospital were to meet with a federal negotiator.
About 140 Wilcox nurses went on strike June 24th after failing to win concessions from management to put more nurses on staff.
Aggie Pigao Cadiz, executive director of the Hawaii Nurses Association, said nurses have been wanting to negotiate, but the administration has been dragging its feet.
The hospital has been operating with 40 replacement nurses, including some flown in from the mainland.
In dispute is how many nurses Wilcox should have on staff to care for patients.
Nurses have already gotten management to agree to a 21 percent wage hike over three years.
Leaders for the union and Wilcox Memorial Hospital were to meet with a federal negotiator.
About 140 Wilcox nurses went on strike June 24th after failing to win concessions from management to put more nurses on staff.
Aggie Pigao Cadiz, executive director of the Hawaii Nurses Association, said nurses have been wanting to negotiate, but the administration has been dragging its feet.
The hospital has been operating with 40 replacement nurses, including some flown in from the mainland.
In dispute is how many nurses Wilcox should have on staff to care for patients.
Nurses have already gotten management to agree to a 21 percent wage hike over three years.
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