Jimmy Hoffa times in response to questions. Beck was under indictment when the IBT convention took place, and was convicted and imprisoned in a trial for fraud held in Seattle. The 1957 AFL–CIO convention, held in Atlantic City, New Jersey, voted by a ratio of nearly 5-1 to expel the IBT from the larger union group. President George Meany gave an emotional speech, advocating the removal of the IBT and stating that he could only agree to further affiliation of the Teamsters if they would dismiss Hoffa as their president. Meany demanded a response from Hoffa, who replied through the press, "We'll
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