Joseph M. Gladeck Jr. (born August 2, 1950) is a former Republican member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives.
Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on August 2, 1950, Gladeck graduated from Wissahickon High School in 1968 and earned his Bachelor of Science degree in political science from Temple University in 1972.
Subsequently reelected for ten additional consecutive terms, he then retired prior to the 2000 election.
[7] In early 1996, he proposed legislation, House Bill 2216, to reform Pennsylvania's workers' compensation system, which was subsequently referred to the House's Labor Relations Committee.
"[8] On April 2 of that same year, society members met with Pennsylvania Governor Tom Ridge regarding the workers' compensation system; in the May 1996 edition of Pennsylvania Medicine, the society announced that Gladeck's proposed legislation, House Bill 2216, would "serve as the likely vehicle for the governor's reform proposals.