Speaker Bio

Joseph S. Mancinelli is International Vice President, Canadian Director, and Central and Eastern Canada Regional Manager of LiUNA, the Labourers’ International Union of North America is a progressive union representing various sectors, primarily construction, with over 160,000 members across Canada and 500,000 North America-wide.

Mr. Mancinelli leads many of LiUNA’s entities including chairing the LiUNA Pension Fund of Central and Eastern Canada (LPF), one of Canada’s fastest growing pension funds, whose assets are nearing $13 Billion through investments in infrastructure development, private equity, real estate and money markets.

A member of LiUNA for 47 years, Joe is a Trustee on LiUNA’s International Boards – Laborers’ Training; Laborers-Employers’ Education Trust and the Laborers’ Health & Safety Fund. These Boards bring management and labour together to improve working conditions for our members, provide better-trained members and foster strong relationships between labour and management.

He has been tirelessly committed to growing LiUNA’s membership beyond construction for decades, and in the late 1990’s was instrumental in entering into an agreement with the Canadian National Federation of Independent Unions (CNFIU) and beginning LiUNA’s health care sector into what we know today as LiUNA Local 3000 – the 2nd largest LiUNA local in the Region.

Joe is dedicated to community building and continues to dismantle barriers and empower opportunities in the skilled trades. Under his leadership as Co-Chair of the LiUNA Indigenous Department, he has established national partnerships with the Assembly of First Nation (AFN), First Nation Major Project Coalition, First Nation Summit, the Aboriginal Apprenticeship Board of Ontario, and numerous local communities with a significant focus on skills development and career building opportunities.

He is also dedicated to the higher representation of women in the construction industry. Working collaboratively with industry and government, he continues to set industry leading standards and ensure that Canada’s workforce remains at the center of all decision making and policy building.

He is committed to helping youth at risk, and to growing employment opportunities for our up and coming young workforce. Joe is a champion of benevolent causes. He is an ardent supporter of the arts, is passionate about the restoration of historical sites and is an accomplished artist in his own right.

Joe is a leader in community advocacy and fundraising initiatives, including children’s and community charities, hospital systems, natural disaster relief initiatives and cultural inclusiveness initiatives.

He has served on numerous boards currently including Invest Ontario, McMaster University’s Board of Governors and the Hamilton Health Sciences Board.

Joe is a lifelong Hamiltonian. He and his wife Enza have been married for 40 years, they have five children and three grandchildren.