MAUI, Hawaii (KHON2) -- Members of the United Nurses and Health Care Employees of Hawaii have overwhelmingly voted to ratify a new four year contract with Maui Health/Kaiser Permanente, avoiding a second strike. Get Hawaii's latest morning news delivered to your inbox, sign up for News 2 You The ratification of the contract comes just days after nurses on Oahu and Kauai authorize their own strikes, as members of Hawaii Nurses Association. Kauaʻi nurses vote to go on strike The contract covers workers such as receptionists and nurses at Maui Memorial Medical Center, Kula Hospital and Lanai Community Hospital. "Our members fought hard, with a lot of public support, and we won a historic contract," said Matt Pelc, CT Tech and chair of the union. "We won a comprehensive plan to develop staffing ratios and have them enforceable through our contract, a system specific to our hospital that will make Maui Health a safe place to be a patient." "We also won lifechanging money for our lowest paid members, so they'll no longer have to work a second job, will have more time with their families and we can keep families together here on Maui," he continued. All union members' wages will increase at least 21%, up to 97.52% during the four year contract period. The lowest paid employees will see raises between 27% and 49.86%. The parties reached a tentative agreement late Dec. 20, with the union prepared to call for a second strike had there not been a tentative agreement met. UNHCEH members reviewed the contract, eventually voting to ratify the contract, with votes being tabulated on Jan. 6. The agreement comes after a first-ever strike by this group of workers less than two months ago, with support from Maui City Council via a resolution. "This is history--nothing like this has ever happened in all the years I've worked at this hospital. It makes me feel worthwhile," said China Kapuras, a case manager. "All of us won this together, out on that three-day strike. It shows what a great strong family we have, fighting for what we believe so we can take care of our patients. Our patients come first, and we want to do the best job we can for them." Find more Hawaii, Oahu, Maui and Kauai news here The contract runs retroactively from Oct. 1, 2024 to Sept. 30, 2028.