The New Rochelle-headquartered International Union of Journeymen and Allied Trades (IUJAT) has elected Jonathan Scott Ames to become its next international president.
Ames will succeed Steven R. Elliott, who is stepping down at the end of his current term and will take the role of business manager after serving the union for more than 40 years.
The IUJAT dates back to 1874 and is one of the oldest U.S. labor unions in continuous existence.
It is comprised of over 100,000 members with more than 40 subordinate bodies and four national union affiliates: the United Service Workers Union (USWU), National Organization of Industrial Trade Unions (NOITU), the United Public Service Employees Union (UPSEU), and the Home Healthcare Workers of America (HHWA).
Ames has participated in and been a leader in most organizing drives conducted at USWU Local 355 and other affiliated unions throughout the IUJAT. He has represented workers in different industries including automotive, transportation, and petroleum divisions, as well as IUJAT”™s three new cannabis union locals in the tri-state region. He was elected president of USWU”™s largest affiliated union, Local 355 in 2002 and serves as president of HHWA Local 1880.
“It is an honor to succeed Steve Elliott Sr. as international president of the IUJAT,” said Ames. “His exemplary leadership over these many decades has been an inspiration and a model, and I look forward to his continued guidance as I fill his very sizeable shoes and dedicate myself to serving this organization and its members.”
