United Service Workers Union, IUJAT

The United Service Workers Union, IUJAT (USWU) can trace its origins back to a small independent labor organization, representing approximately 4000 members that was created in the 1950s. In 1987, under the leadership of USWUs then-president Steve Elliott (who joined the local in 1980 and served as president from 1987 to 2000), the Local grew to approximately 20,000 members within seven years. The exponential growth of the Local and its national identity soon led to the creation of the United Service Workers Union (USWU), a national organization with over a dozen subordinate locals. Today, under President Lori Ann Ames, USWU represents approximately 30,000 members within 18 affiliated local unions throughout the United States. USWUs headquarters are located in New Rochelle, NY and it has satellite offices in Florida, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Connecticut, and members throughout the nation