 His studies were interrupted by the death of the Union's President, Milton Adams, and in 1970 he returned to Trinidad and Tobago and his post in the Union.He was instrumental in the formation of the Caribbean Public Services Association, of which he became the General Secretary in August 1970 – a position he held until his retirement from the Union in 1981.He was directly responsible for the formation of the Public Service Credit Union which survives to this day.