Opposition, Factions and Candidates in A.E.U. Elections in Australia 1907-72

Tom Sheridan
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Tom Sheridan: Department of Economics, University of Adelaide

No 1979-07, School of Economics and Public Policy Working Papers from University of Adelaide, School of Economics and Public Policy

Abstract: This paper analyses 65 years of data on elections to paid office in Australia's largest manufacturing union. Attention is mainly concentrated on the changing nature of both candidates and opposition within the AEU. The closeness of elections, the supply of candidates and differences between ballots for vacant and occupied positions are noted. The period of most intense combat between two organised parties within the AEU seems to be causally connected with the subsequent slump of interest in elections among the union's members.

Date: 1979
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Published in Journal of Industrial Relations, September 1980, vol. 22, pp. 293-311.

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