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'''Matthew "Matt" Merrigan''' (1922 - 15 June 2000) was an [[Republic of Ireland|Irish]] socialist and [[trade union]]ist from [[Dublin]], known for his catchphrase "Profits are wages that have not been distributed yet."
Born in [[Dolphin's Barn]], Merrigan grew up in poverty after the death of his father. He left school at 13 to work, and when he was 15 he started to work in the [[Rowntree-Mackintosh]] chocolate factory, where he worked for the next 20 years. He became an [[Amalgamated Transport and General Workers Union]] (ATGWU) [[shop steward]] in the 1930s, rising in 1960 to become the Union's National Secretary in the [[Republic of Ireland]], a post he held until 1986. He was president of the [[Irish Congress of Trade Unions]] in 1985. As a trade unionist, he opposed national wage agreements as doing nothing to improve the workers' share of national income.
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