HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - The strike outside Kapiʻolani Medical Center for Women and Children reached its 50th day Friday, as the union representing hundreds of workers says negotiations remain at a standstill.

Workers continue to picket from 6:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. daily.

On Friday, outside the Women’s and Children’s Center, picketers followed their usual routine but chanted profanities, including repeated versions of “F*** around and find out” outside the hospital.

The hospital has previously faced noise complaints related to the strike.

In a statement Friday, Gidget Ruscetta, RN and chief operating officer for Kapiʻolani Medical Center for Women & Children, criticized the language used:

“It is unacceptable for our youngest patients and their families to be subjected to profane lang

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