James A. Williams Jr. (born 1977 or 1978) is an American labor union leader.
In 1998, he joined the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades.
His father, James Williams, was appointed as president of the union in 2003, and selected Jimmy as his assistant.
[1][2] In 2011, Williams was appointed as the union's organizing director, and then in 2014 as general vice president at large.
As president, he stated that he would focus on organizing workers, particularly immigrants and workers in the American South, and lobby for the passage of the Protecting the Right to Organize Act.