Since 1961, the New Jersey State AFL-CIO has been the voice of labor and working families across the state.
Leadership & Staff
Charles Wowkanech
President
Laurel Brennan
Secretary-Treasurer
Executive Board Members
Joyce Alston, BCTGM
Thomas Ashton, UAW
Michael Barnes, IATSE
Karen Bellamy Lewis, Greater NJ CLUW
James R. Chew, Jr., IBB
Donna Chiera, AFT
Noel Christmas, UWUA
Joseph Demark, Jr., SMWIA
Wyatt Earp, IBEW
Lynne Fox, Workers United
Thomas Giblin, IUOE
Raymond Greaves, ATU
Charles Hall, Jr., RWDSU
Vincent Lane, IUPAT
Michael Maloney, UA
Dominick Marino, IAFF
Matthew McCarty, GMP
C. Robert McDevitt, UNITE HERE
Juan Negron, IAM
John T. Niccollai, Jr., UFCW
Gerald Owens, ILA
Debbie Parks, AFSCME
Stephen Pettit, AWIU
Raymond Pocino, LIUNA
John Potts, GCC-IBT
Hetty Rosenstein, CWA
Timothy Rudolph, IFPTE
Ronald E. Sabol, SMART
David Schneck, AFM
Michael Schneider, Bergen CLC
John Shinn, USW
Joseph Soresi, SIU
Richard Sweeney, Iron Workers
Buddy Thoman, IBEW
Richard Tolson, BAC
Steve Tully, AFSCME
Harvey Whille, UFCW
Staff
John Shea III, COPE Director
William Hayward, COPE Coordinator
Eric Richard, Legislative Affairs Director
William J. Zapcic Jr., Communications Coordinator
John Kratzer, Workplace Safety & Health Coordinator
June Nedick, Office Manager
Joyce Desmond, Secretary