MOTION TO APOPT PRINCIPLES OF HEALTHCARE AND MEMBER EDUCATION AS UNION POLICY

[The Universal Healthcare Committee Chair or Designated Representative] moves that the SEIU Local 503, OPEU, Board of Directors adopt as Union policy:retiree

It is the policy of SEIU Local 503, OPEU, that health care is a human right.

Therefore, it is the policy of our Union to:

Support universal healthcare in Oregon;

Support efforts to educate the membership, both at the 503 level and the Local and Sub-local levels, on the case for universal healthcare, and use examples to show the benefits of taking healthcare off the bargaining table, such as through the creation of the Homecare Workers’ Supplemental and Workers’ Benefits Trusts;

Support healthcare systems that put patients and consumers at the center of care over profits; and

As development of a universal healthcare system unfolds, support the work of making long term services and supports more affordable, accessible, and equitable to a growing population that will need them, especially in developing services and supports that are culturally and linguistically competent for the increasing diversity of Oregon’s older adults and younger people with disabilities.