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Kaiser Permanente Hawaiʻi’s mental health workers have been on strike for nearly four months. U.S. Sen. Mazie Hirono sent a letter to Kaiser’s CEO Greg Adams to come to a good faith agreement.

Kaiser Permanente’s mental health care workers have now been on strike for 15 weeks. Kaiser members who need mental health care may be able to switch to a plan under the Hawaiʻi Medical Service Association.

Nurses at Straub Medical Center picketed outside the Honolulu hospital on Tuesday. The nursing union has been bargaining with Straub for over two months to improve its retention rate.

Kaiser Permanente mental health professionals have been on strike for a month. Therapists are demanding Kaiser’s administration hire more mental health care workers and improve its retention rate with wage increases and better benefits.

The latest union story in Hawaiʻi includes what may be a surprise — the move to unionize won the support of the CEO. HPR’s Zoe Dym talked to Mobi’s CEO and employee.

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It’s Labor Day. For some, this means a long three-day weekend. But across the United States, it’s a celebration of worker rights and the labor movement. HPR’s Kuʻuwehi Hiraishi takes a look at a pivotal moment in Hawai’i’s labor history and how it shapes our lives today.