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Kapi’olani Nurses Vote Overwhelmingly to Ratify Historic New Contract 3 October 2024

Kapi’olani Nurses Vote Overwhelmingly to Ratify Historic New Contract

Hawai’i Nurses’ Association/OPEIU Local 50 nurses at Kapi'olani Medical Center for Women and Children overwhelmingly voted to ratify a HISTORIC three-year contract, which includes the state's first contractually enforceable safe staffing ratios—a major priority for the medical center's 600+ nurses.

Throughout a year of bargaining, three informational pickets, two ULP strikes, and a three-week lockout, Kapi'olani nurses remained united. In doing so, they've won a monumental contract that will help improve the lives of patients and inspire healthcare workers across the state to fight for what they deserve.


30 September 2024

Read the OPEIU Connect Fall 2024 Issue Online!

Your union magazine, OPEIU Connect, is available now to read in both English and Spanish.

Click here to read exciting news about your union and your fellow OPEIU members, and to discover more about the many benefits that come from your union membership. Check out the cover story, Decision 2024, to read all about the presidential candidates and where they stand on the issues important to union families.  

To ensure you stay connected, also download the OPEIU app, available for iOS devices on the App Store and for Android devices on Google Play by searching OPEIU.      
23 September 2024

Support HNA/OPEIU Local 50 Nurses Locked Out at Kapi’olani

To All Local Unions:

On Sept. 14, 2024, Hawai'i Pacific Health (HPH)/Kapi'olani Medical Center for Women and Children locked out 600 highly skilled local nurses until they unconditionally accept the hospital's contract demands.

This lockout is about retaliating and breaking the nurses resolve to advocate for their patients. HPH is willing to compromise patient care to do it.

Support our HNA/OPEIU Local 50 nurses and send a letter to the HPH Board of Directors and CEO Ray Vara. Tell them to end the Kapi'olani lockout because their greed hurts Hawai’i.
17 September 2024

Are you registered to vote?

Today, is National Voter Registration Day. With so much at stake, it has never been more important to register to vote, make a plan to vote and then VOTE, either by mail or in person.

Visit betterinaunion.org/register to see if you're registered to vote, find your polling place and make casting your ballot on Nov. 5 as easy as possible.
13 September 2024

NURSES BEGIN ULP STRIKE AT KAPI’OLANI MEDICAL CENTER IN HONOLULU

WHO: The Hawai’i Nurses’ Association/OPEIU Local 50 represents about 600 nurses at Kapi’olani Medical Center in Honolulu.

WHAT: 600 nurses are beginning a one-day ULP strike in response to hospital management’s retaliation, intimidation and coercion of nurses for reporting unsafe staffing levels and a failure to bargain in good faith. Kapi’olani management threatened to begin an illegal lockout after 96 percent of nurses at the hospital voted to strike. Nurses at Kapi’olani have worked since Nov. 2023 without a union contract.

WHEN: Friday, Sept. 13 at 6:30 am local time until 8:30 pm.

WHERE: Kapi’olani Medical Center at 1319 Punahou Street in Honolulu, Hawai’i.

WHY: Nurses at Kapi’olani are on ULP strike – the second this year – to call attention to their employer’s retaliation, intimidation and coercive tactics at the bargaining table and on the hospital floor. Management’s failure to bargain in good faith jeopardizes the well-being of nurses, patients and their communities.

Click here to view the petition to the state’s governor, Josh Green, asking him to help end the lockout.

Interview opportunities available. 

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About the ONC

The OPEIU Nurses Council (ONC) was established by OPEIU members who are nurses, giving them a means to participate in the resolution of issues affecting their nursing practice. The ONC helps foster a climate of professionalism within the nursing community, promoting best practices regarding patient care, safety concerns and compensation issues. The ONC advocates for legislation to improve working conditions and improve patient care, including measures that address nurse-to-patient ratios and violence against health care workers. Its primary goal is to advance the professional image of the nursing profession. 

For more information, please email us at info@opeiunursescouncil.org

 

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