James E. Jones, Jr. (born 1924) was a professor of Law and Industrial Relations at the University of Wisconsin in Madison. From 1971 to 1973 he was the director of the Industrial Relations Research Institute at the University of Wisconsin. In 1973 he became the first minority and African American commissioner on the Madison Police and Fire Commission, serving on the commission from 1973 to 1977 and as president, 1976-1977. He participated as a member of the Governor's Task Force on Comparable Worth in 1985-1986. Throughout his life he worked actively in labor arbitration promoting the cause of equal opportunity in labor.
