National Union of Health Care

Michael Lighty

mlighty200@gmail.com

https://nuhw.org

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0000-00-00

NC

2026-05-22

Organization

1

Issue Areas

Universal Healthcare, Public Health, Health Equity

The National Union of Healthcare Workers (NUHW) is a member-led labor union representing healthcare and behavioral-health workers. It organizes workers to form or join unions, negotiates and enforces collective bargaining agreements, supports strikes and pickets, and provides member resources such as steward training, continuing education, and organizer programs. NUHW engages in advocacy and political action aimed at workplace protections and broader healthcare policy, including sponsoring and supporting legislation (for example on mental health parity and AI use in mental-health settings), making candidate endorsements, and working with elected officials. The union also promotes policies described as “Sanctuary For All,” aiming to protect members regardless of immigration status or gender identity, and participates in campaigns for higher staffing standards, pay improvements, and patient-care protections. The site lists membership and workplace metrics and publishes news, press releases, and member profiles documenting organizing campaigns, contract wins, and labor actions.

Labor union (healthcare) Topics: collective bargaining, healthcare workforce, labor organizing, worker training and education, advocacy and legislation, mental health parity, political endorsements, strikes and pickets, worker rights, sanctuary/immigration protections