More than 100 nurses at Wilcox Medical Center began a three-day strike Tuesday after contract negotiations between the Hawaii Nurses' Association, hospital leaders, and a federal mediator ended Monday evening without an agreement.

Nurses at both Queens and Wilcox Medical Centers have sent in notices for a three-day strike. “We have a ratio of six patients to one patient. If you break that up, one patient gets 10 minutes out of your hour,

The nurses’ strike is on at Wilcox Medical Center. Three-day strike, as planned, will begin Jan. 14, at 7 am. Get Hawaii’s latest morning news delivered to your inbox, sign up for News 2 You The nurses will return to work on Friday,

Unionized nurses at Wilcox Medical Center on Kauaʻi began a three-day strike on Tuesday. Negotiations with management ended Monday night with no agreement on a new contract. The Hawaiʻi Nurses’ Association said the strike began at 7 a.

The Queen’s Medical Center nurses ratified the tentative agreement for a new three-year contract that begins today.