Our Union

James Chapman, III, was appointed to serve as IUEC assistant general president in January 2024, upon the retirement of Former Assistant General President James K. Bender, II. Brother Chapman is honored to not only serve the 31,000 members of the IUEC but to also hold in the very same position his father, James H. Chapman, Jr., served from 2000 to 2006.

Assistant General President Chapman began his career in the IUEC on July 8, 1998, following in his father’s footsteps and joining Local 12, Kansas City, MO. Prior to joining the IUEC, he earned his Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Missouri, Kansas City.

After completing his apprenticeship, Brother Chapman earned his mechanic’s license as a member of Local 12. His leadership skills and passion for the trade were quickly recognized by his fellow brothers and sisters, and he was elected to positions within the local union early in his career. He was appointed as a trustee in September 2000 and recording secretary in 2002, before being elected business manager in 2005. He served as Local 12 business manager until he was appointed IUEC national organizer in April 2009, a position he held for four years. In February 2013, Brother Chapman was appointed regional director and served in this role for 11 years until his appointment as assistant general president.

Brother Chapman has served in numerous other appointed roles within the IUEC including as a National Elevator Industry Health Benefit Plan trustee from 2014 to 2017 and a National Elevator Pension Plan trustee from 2017 to 2018. He has also served on numerous committees including the National Arbitration Committee, from 2018 to present, and the Labor Committee in 2011, 2016, and 2021.

Brother Chapman calls Kansas City, MO, home, and is the proud husband of Tandra and proud father of his two boys, Mitch and Max.

General Secretary-Treasurer Larry J. McGann was unanimously elected IUEC General Secretary-Treasurer at the 2011 General Convention and unanimously re-elected at the 2016 and 2021 General Conventions.

Brother McGann started his career in the elevator industry in November 1974 in Richmond, VA, and a year later, joined IUEC Local 51, Richmond. He served in numerous elected offices within the local union—recording secretary, vice president, and president—prior to his election as business manager in December 1997. He also served as a NEIEP instructor and was named Instructor of the Year for the Southeast Region for the 1994-1995 school year. Larry has also made continuing education a personal priority earning instructor status for the OSHA 10-Hour Safety Program and graduating from the Harvard Trade Union Program.

Brother McGann’s leadership was quickly recognized by the International when he was appointed as a trustee to the National Elevator Industry Pension Plan in 1997 and then appointed to the Joint Jurisdictional Committee in 1999 by then General President Edward C. Sullivan. In 2001, he was asked to join the Elevator Industry Work Preservation Fund as assistant national director. Just one year later Brother McGann was appointed as a regional director overseeing a jurisdiction that covered the southeast United States.

As general secretary-treasurer, Larry has served as chair/co-chair of the National Elevator Industry Benefit Plans and chair/co-chair of the National Elevator Industry Educational Fund. Brother McGann has been an IUEC Convention delegate since 1986, serving on numerous committees including the Labor Committee, By Laws Committee, NEIEP Committee, Resolutions Committee, and Health and Pension Committee, to name a few.

General Secretary-Treasurer McGann is the proud husband to wife Rosie, proud dad to his daughter Tanya and son-in-law Jeffrey, proud uncle to his nephew Robbie, and doting grandfather to grandsons Garrison and Grady, and loving great-uncle to his niece Kensley and nephew Landon.