Joseph Paul Tonelli (February 26, 1908 – March 4, 2000) was an American trade union leader.
In the mid-1930s, he helped organize local 243 of the International Brotherhood of Pulp, Sulphite, and Paper Mill Workers, in the Bronx.
In 1964, Lyndon B. Johnson appointed him to the Social Security Advisory Board.
[2] In October 1973, Tonelli was elected to the AFL-CIO Executive Council alongside the American Federation of Teachers' Albert Shanker.
The CPU had split from UPIU in 1974 was in court with its former parent union over $1.8 million in Canadian workers contributions to the international.