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ROI Influencers: Power List 2025 — Unions

Don’t need a union. Don’t worry, one day you will. Or, at least, you’ll be envious of those who do belong.

The people on this list are working hard to secure safe conditions for workers – and a fair day’s pay.

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ROI Influencers Power List 2025: Unions — Laurel Brennan

Laurel Brennan Secretary-treasurer N.J. State AFL-CIO Recently reelected to another four-year term as key leader in one of state’s most important and impactful unions.

ROI Influencers Power List 2025: Unions — Kevin Brown

Kevin Brown Executive VP 32BJ SEIU He leads the 13,000 commercial, residential, security, public school cleaners, airport workers, and school food service workers throughout New Jersey.

ROI Influencers Power List 2025: Unions — John Capo

John Capo Director Bricklayers & Allied Craftworkers Union of N.J. The union recently celebrated grand opening of new state-of-the-art headquarters in Bordentown that now has more square footage for hands-on training.

ROI Influencers Power List 2025: Unions — Veronica Cobb

Veronica Cobb President & business agent Amalgamated Transit Union Local 819 Helped the union make big push for the corporate transit fee.

ROI Influencers Power List 2025: Unions — Daniel Cosner

Daniel Cosner President Building Trades Council of Southern N.J. He also serves as board member of Casino Reinvestment Development Authority and business manager/financial secretary of influential and impactful IBEW Local 351.

ROI Influencers Power List 2025: Unions — Donna DeCaprio

Donna DeCaprio President Unite Here! Local 54 She became the first female leader of this powerful union of casino workers earlier this year, but her impact has been great for years.

ROI Influencers Power List 2025: Unions — Patrick Delle Cava

Patrick Delle Cava Business manager IBEW Local 102 The group’s five-year apprenticeship program — and continuous education training at its 16,000-square-foot facility — ensures its members provide the highest quality of work.

ROI Influencers Power List 2025: Unions — Fran Ehret

Fran Ehret N.J. state director Communications Workers of America In 2021, she took over as state director for the CWA, one of the state’s most powerful public-sector unions, but she has a lifetime of union influence.

ROI Influencers Power List 2025: Unions — Hugh Giordano

Hugh Giordano Director of organizing United Food & Commercial Workers Local 360 From seed to sale, UFCW is a recognized leader in organizing cannabis industry employees and is the official AFL-CIO-designated cannabis labor union. Giordano plays big role in this.

ROI Influencers Power List 2025: Unions — Mike Hellstrom

Mike Hellstrom VP and Eastern Regional manager Laborers’ International Union of North America The former business manager, who succeeds Ray Pocino, oversees more than 40,000 laborers in N.J., New York City, Long Island and Delaware

ROI Influencers Power List 2025: Unions — Mike Laughlin

Mike Laughlin President South Jersey Building Trades He also serves as a board member of Casino Reinvestment Development Authority and president of Atlantic and Cape May County Building Trades Council.

ROI Influencers Power List 2025: Unions — Bill Mullen

Bill Mullen President N.J. Building & Construction Trades Council One of the most important labor leaders in the state. He oversees 15 unions and more than 150,000 members.

ROI Influencers Power List 2025: Unions — John Niccollai

John Niccollai President United Food & Commercial Workers Union, Local 464A The president for more than four decades, he has led Local 464A to remarkable growth while delivering outstanding contracts, placing it among the premier local unions within the U.S.

ROI Influencers Power List 2025: Unions — Sean Spiller

Sean Spiller President N.J. Education Association Few unions in the state are as impactful. Spiller, who recently ended his run as mayor of Montclair, is running for governor.

ROI Influencers Power List 2025: Unions — William Sproule

William Sproule Executive secretary-treasurer Eastern Atlantic States Regional Council of Carpenters Group of 41,000 is made up of a variety of trade groups, including commercial/residential carpenters, heavy highway, piledrivers, floor-layers, mill cabinet and more.

ROI Influencers Power List 2025: Unions — Mike Tranberg

Mike Tranberg Business manager Plumbers and Pipefitters, Local 9 Firmly in place as leader of one of the most impactful locals in state.

ROI Influencers Power List 2025: Unions — Harvey Whille

Harvey Whille President United Food & Commercial Workers Local 1262 The UFCW Local 1262, which runs from Ocean County to Hudson Valley, represents more than 22,000 workers at ShopRite, Stop & Shop, Foodtown and other stores.

ROI Influencers Power List 2025: Unions — Debbie White

Debbie White President Health Professionals and Allied Employees At the forefront of the battle to improve working conditions for nurses — including suggestions of striking.

ROI Influencers Power List 2025: Unions — Cyndie Williams

Cyndie Williams Executive director Carpenter Contractor Trust A longtime member of the union with more than two decades of experience in various roles in the construction industry, she is first woman to head the Carpenter Contractor Trust.

ROI Influencers Power List 2025: Unions — Charles Wowkanech

Charles Wowkanech President New Jersey State AFL-CIO Leads an organization that unites the voices of more than 1 million union members across the state in pursuit of social and economic justice for all workers.

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