ARTICLE XI- RESPONSIBILITIES OF SEIU LOCAL 503, OPEU OFFICERS AND MEMBERS
Section 1. Responsibilities of SEIU Local 503, OPEU Officers:
(a) Each officer shall work to further the principles of SEIU Local 503, OPEU membership.
(b) Each officer shall work to preserve and defend the good name of the Union.
(c) Each officer shall use the privileges of any Union office, whether elected or appointed, to support, protect, and further the Union, its Constitution, Bylaws, and AP&P.
(d) Each officer shall prudently handle any Union fiscal matters, especially handling of Union funds, in conformance with accepted accounting principles and sound fiscal management.
(e) No officer shall engage in any conduct or speech, which is intended to harm the Union or its operations. Nothing in this subsection is intended to prohibit an officer from criticizing the Union or its operations, provided however, that should an officer wish to make a statement to the press media critical of the Union or its operation, that officer must give the Union President timely notice before making such a statement.
(f) Any Local Officer, Committee Chairperson, Statewide Officer, Director, Assistant Director, or Union Steward who is an acting supervisor, "temporary manager," or in a developmental management position for more than thirty (30) consecutive calendar days, shall notify the Union President and be granted a leave of absence from their Union offices for the time in management.

Section 2. Preamble to Member Duties. These Sections are in no way intended to limit the rights of any member or group of members as to their rights of free speech, redress of grievances, and dissent.

Section 3. Purpose. The purpose of the following three (3) Sections of this Article is to strengthen the Union by defining the principles and responsibilities of SEIU Local 503, OPEU membership and by establishing sanctions for violation of the responsibilities of SEIU Local 503, OPEU membership.
Nothing in these Sections is intended to prohibit a member from criticizing the Union or its operations, provided however, that should a member wish to make a statement to the press media critical of the Union or its operation, that member must give the Union President timely notice before making such a statement.

Section 4. Principles of SEIU Local 503, OPEU Membership.
(a) SEIU Local 503, OPEU members associate together to improve working conditions and the livelihood of all employees in the State of Oregon.
(b) SEIU Local 503, OPEU members join together to educate each other, and nonmembers, of the benefits of employees joining together to increase their collective strength.
(c) SEIU Local 503, OPEU members use their collective strength to propose and/or amend laws that affect employees' rights and responsibilities.

Section 5. Responsibilities of SEIU Local 503, OPEU Membership.
(a) Each member shall support the Constitution, the Bylaws, and the AP&P of the Union to the best of his or her ability.
(b) Each member shall pay dues lawfully assessed by the Union on time and in full.
(c) No member shall engage in any conduct or speech which is intended to harm the Union or its operations; specifically, the following:
(1) No member shall conspire with management to the detriment of the Union or with them in collusion against collective bargaining by the Union.
(2) No member shall solicit another labor organization or solicit other SEIU Local 503, OPEU members or other employees eligible for SEIU Local 503, OPEU membership to become a member of another labor organization.
(3) No member shall pass information or initiate petitions which:
a. Call for a new labor organization,
b. Seek to decertify SEIU Local 503, OPEU, or
c. Call for members to side with management in opposition to SEIU Local 503, OPEU or collective bargaining.
(4) No member shall conspire with nor enter into any lawsuit with any nonmember against the principles of SEIU Local 503, OPEU membership.

Section 6. Violation of Responsibilities of SEIU Local 503, OPEU Membership. Members who are found to have violated any of the responsibilities of SEIU Local 503, OPEU membership are subject to reprimand, probation, suspension, or expulsion from membership. Any member who is part of more than one decertification/disaffiliation effort or solicitation of another labor organization within two (2) years will not be able to run for any steward or officer position for five (5) years, subject to the provisions of Article XVII of the SEIU International Constitution and Bylaws.