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Kapi‘olani nurses celebrate new contract

Nurses from Kapi‘olani Medical Center for Women and Children held a celebration picnic at Magic Island on Friday. With a new contract in place, union nurses are scheduled to return to work Sunday. Roughly 600 nurses have been locked out since Sept. 14.

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Nurses from Kapi‘olani Medical Center for Women and Children held a celebration picnic at Magic Island on Friday. A whopping majority, 98%, of nurses represented by the Hawaii Nurses’ Association voted in favor of ratifying the new, three-year contract by the 6 p.m. deadline on Wednesday.
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Nurses from the NICU unit celebrated at the beach.
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Hawaii Nurses’ Association President Rosalee Agas-Yuu, left, HNA president, gets a hug from her mother, Sally Agas, who is also a nurse.
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Donna Yiu, a registered nurse for 36 years, explained how satisfied and happy she was at the end of the strike.
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Pediatric nurses enjoy the picnic.
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Rosalee Agas-Yuu, left, HNA president, relaxes during the picnic.
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Emergency room nurses at the picnic.
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Debi Dellera, right, with Rebekah Straka, both from the family birth center.
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Goldie Santos, left, daughter of nurse Grace Santos, uses a hula hoop with Trevor Rufino and Noreen Barrientos, both labor and delivery nurses.