Joseph T. Hansen is a North American labor leader, best known for his work as president of the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW).

His family moved to Milwaukee, Wisconsin shortly before high school.

He was an outspoken rank-and-file activist who won election to local union office, and in 1973 became an international staff representative.

[2] In 1979, the Amalgamated Meat Cutters (AMC) and the Retail Clerks International Union (RCIU) merged to form the UFCW.

[4] In 2015, Hansen was presented with the Bill Olwell Champion of Equality Award for his leadership on advancing LGBTQ issues within the union and beyond.