abstract:The Trade Union Congress is a general trade union in Jamaica. Initially organised as a trade union council to be the labour wing of the People's National Party (PNP) in 1943, the organisation split in 1952 with the formation of the National Workers Union (which maintained alignment with the PNP).
Richard Murphy is a U.K. chartered accountant, former serial entrepreneur and currently director of Tax Research U.K. He has been a visiting fellow at several U.K. universities and now works mainly on tax and economic policy issues for a wide range of organizations including the U.K. TradeUnionCongress and the Tax Justice Network.