1. Build a meaningfully democratic union

1. Our union should actually be built from the members up, not directed from our union’s board room
2. Directors should not be making decisions on behalf of members nor should they be meeting with workplace executives without members (ie: no backdoor deals)
3. The elected leaders of ONA should be making decisions that uplift union healthcare workers, not executive directors within ONA
4. ONA members in places of power will be held accountable to ONA membership. If you sit on a board, you must act like a union member, not an executive.

2. What’s good for the community is what’s good for our union

1. The American healthcare system is not broken, it is working as intended: to create profit for hospital board rooms while marginalizing BIPOC and poor communities. This system does not need reform, it needs to be torn down and replaced with true healthcare for all.
2. We will not support healthcare consolidation regardless of the shape it takes
3. We will use our institutional power to support meaningful, improved access for all Oregonians, not just an increase in specialty services.
4. We will act with the full force of our union to prevent healthcare closures in critical need communities and expand all healthcare services to every community
5. We will act in support of at risk and marginalized communities because they are our coworkers,our patients and our communities. If their healthcare access is under attack, all our access is under attack. We explicitly support reproductive freedom, transgender affirming healthcare and full access to all healthcare services regardless of citizenship or ability to pay.

3. Transparency in union leadership

1. Our union is healthiest when members are involved and voices are heard
2. All leadership meetings will be publicised with minutes made public before the next board meeting
3. Unelected union leadership will act at the direction of rank and file members
4. We will work to ensure that anyone holding any supervisory position is disqualified from holding an elected position on the ONA board of directors. This may be through changes in bylaws or other procedural actions as necessary. Our union is led by members, not by people in management or supervisory positions.
5. We will also work to ensure the ONA board of directors assumes its full responsibilities of directing ONA executives in maintaining members as the key focus of their mission.
6. Further, we will stand in solidarity with ONA staff as they are key to providing the support necessary for members to fully engage in owning our union power.
7. Members of the ONA board of directors and cabinet members will not sign NDAs with any organization or governmental agency related to the work done as ONA members

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