John Williams joined the Teamsters union in 1968 at the age of 17. He retired from the union in 2013 as Director of the Teamsters Warehouse Division. In those 44 years, John obtained a degree in Labor Relations at Western Washington University and worked as a Teamster organizer, representative, contract negotiator, and executive officer at Local 117 and Joint Council 28 in Washington state. He also served as a trustee and chairperson of various Teamsters' medical and retirement trusts. In 2013, he launched Labor Union Consultants, LLC (LUC).