ROI Influencers: Unions 2024: Non-Trades — No. 5 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: Unions 2024 — Non-Trades
Approximately one in six workers in the state is a member of a union — making New Jersey the sixth most unionized state in the country.
The number is going up, too.
The percentage of union...
ROI Influencers: Unions 2024: Non-Trades — 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: Unions 2024: Non-Trades — No. 7 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: Unions 2024: Non-Trades — Kevin Brown
Kevin Brown
Vice president
32BJ Service Employees International Union
He continues to serve as the strong advocate for one of the biggest — and most impactful — unions in the state.
ROI Influencers: Unions 2024: Non-Trades — Steve Tully
Steve Tully
Executive director
American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Council 63
Heads influential union that represents more than 20,000 public sector employees in state and local governments around New Jersey.
ROI Influencers: Unions 2024: Non-Trades — Patricia Campos-Medina
Patricia Campos-Medina
Executive director
Worker Institute @ILR Cornell
She came up short in effort to earn the nomination for one of the state’s U.S. Senate seats, but her stronger-than-expected support showed the significance many voters still place in...
ROI Influencers: Unions 2024: Non-Trades — Sean Spiller
Sean Spiller
President
N.J. Education Association
In addition to heading one of the most influential and impactful teacher unions in the country, he is the (outgoing) mayor of Montclair — and a candidate to be governor.
ROI Influencers: Unions 2024: Non-Trades — 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: Unions 2024: Non-Trades — No. 8 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...
