RONALD AULT
BIOGRAPHY
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Prior to being elected as the Metal Trades Department’s President, Mr. Ault served for four years as a General Representative of the Department. A former organizer with the International Union of Operating Engineers and a former business representative for the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, Ault is a career Labor Representative with more than 30 years experience.
Mr. Ault served a four-year enlistment with the U.S. Navy, including a tour of duty in Vietnam (1968-69). Mr. Ault went to work at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard in 1971; he was hired as an apprentice Inside Machinist. Graduating as a journeyman Inside Machinist with honors four years later, Ault served in various union positions. From 1980 to 1985, he served as president of the Tidewater Virginia Federal Employees Metal Trades Council and the Chairman of the Conference Committee at NNSY in Portsmouth, Virginia. Ault served as Campaign Coordinator in the Metal Trades Department’s successful drive for union recognition at the Avondale Shipyard in New Orleans and was the Chief Negotiator for the historic first union contract at the yard.
A native of Amity, Arkansas, Mr. Ault is married, the Father of four children and currently lives in Waldorf, Maryland.
