Jimmy Hoffa Jimmy Hoffa James Riddle Hoffa (February 14, 1913 – disappeared July 30, 1975) was an American labor union leader who served as the President of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) union from 1957 until 1971. He vanished in late July 1975, at age 62. From an early age, Hoffa was a union activist and became an important regional figure with the IBT by his mid-20s. By 1952 he was national vice-president of the IBT, and was its general president between 1957 and 1971. He secured the first national agreement for teamsters' rates in 1964 with the National Master Freight
Trade Union Congress (Jamaica) People's National Party (PNP) led to the formation of the "Trade Union Council" which grouped 16 small unions together in alignment to the PNP, in contrast to BITU which was responsible for the foundation of the Jamaica Labour Party in that year. In 1946 the TUC was reorganised as the "Trade Union Congress" and in 1948 14 of the member unions were merged into a single union under the same name, with two unions remaining separate but affiliated. Trade Union Congress (Jamaica) The Trade Union Congress is a general trade union in Jamaica. Initially organised as a trade union council