2017 ONA Strategic Planning Survey
The Oregon Nurses Association needs your input to improve our programs and provide the support and services you need. Your opinions are extremely important. As we develop our strategic plan over the next year, your answers will help determine our direction and the issues ONA will prioritize over the next 3-5 years.
Please complete all of the following questions. Your responses will be treated confidentially. A general summary of the survey will be available to ONA members and ONA's Strategic Planning Committee. Thank you for your participation and commitment to improving your nursing organization.
The survey is now closed.
Thank you to everyone who participated.
Innovation and Challenges
In the next 3–5 years, what one current ONA program or function should we focus on improving?
How do you recommend ONA improve this program or function?
In the next 3–5 years, what new program or innovative new approach to an existing program should we consider?
What do you see as the single greatest challenge facing ONA nurses over the next 5-10 years?
Give an example of how ONA could respond to this challenge.
ONA Collective Bargaining
ONA is affiliated with several national organizations including the American Federation of Teachers (AFT). As part of this affiliation all ONA bargaining unit members are also members of AFT.
How much value do you get from your membership in the American Federation of Teachers (AFT)
Is your bargaining unit going in the right direction?
In the comment box, describe why you feel it is going the right direction or the wrong direction.
What do you want your bargaining unit executive committee prioritizing over the next 3-5 years?
Have you ever worked in an Oregon health care facility where nurses were not represented by a union?
If yes, what facility was it and where was it located?
Representation and Benefits
Under current law, nurses who choose not to join the union are required to pay a service fee to the Oregon Nurses Association to help pay for the cost of union representation. The service fee is slightly less than the dues paid by members. Imagine the service fee requirement were to disappear, and non-member employees could continue to receive union representation services without having to pay for them.
In that case, on a scale of 1-5, with 1 being definitely would STOP paying and 5 being definitely would CONTINUE paying, how likely is it that you would voluntarily continue to be a dues-paying member of the union?
If you knew one of the following benefits were available to members but not service fee payers, how likely would you be to convert from a service fee payer to a full member. Rate your likelihood to become a full member on a scale of 1-5, with 1 being very unlikely and 5 being very likely.
Being able to vote on your contract.
The opportunity to serve as an elected officer at the bargaining unit, state and national level.
Access to free and discounted continuing education services.
Access to education scholarships.
Access to student loan education programs.
Discounts on events, travel and consumer services.
The opportunity to help pass public laws and policies to advance nursing and improve health care.