Union mobilisation and the 2007 federal election in Australia: accounting for the campaign's success

Shaun Wilson; Ben Spies-Butcher

Union mobilisation and the 2007 federal election in Australia: accounting for the campaign's success

Department of Sociology

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Abstract

Our presentation looks at Australian Election Study 2007 evidence that can measure the impact of the union movement's campaign against WorkChoices in three distinct ways: the increased salience of industrial relations to voters, its impact on voting behaviour, and the activities of union activists. Drawing on a few theories covering territory in industrial relations, political science and social movements, we then offer an account of how to best understand the innovations brought about by the campaign. We conclude with some speculations about the campaign's significance for the long-term relationship between the union movement and Labor as well as for industrial relations policy.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Work in progress
Subtitle of host publication	crises, choices and continuity : proceedings of the 24th AIRAANZ conference
Place of Publication	Sydney
Publisher	University of Western Sydney
ISBN (Print)	9780980608533
Publication status	Published - 2010
Event	Association of Industrial Relations Academics of Australia and New Zealand Conference (24th : 2010) - Sydney Duration: 3 Feb 2010 → 5 Feb 2010

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Conference	Association of Industrial Relations Academics of Australia and New Zealand Conference (24th : 2010)
City	Sydney
Period	3/02/10 → 5/02/10

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Wilson, S & Spies-Butcher, B 2010, Union mobilisation and the 2007 federal election in Australia: accounting for the campaign's success. in Work in progress: crises, choices and continuity : proceedings of the 24th AIRAANZ conference. University of Western Sydney, Sydney, Association of Industrial Relations Academics of Australia and New Zealand Conference (24th : 2010), Sydney, 3/02/10.

Union mobilisation and the 2007 federal election in Australia : accounting for the campaign's success. / Wilson, Shaun ; Spies-Butcher, Ben.

Work in progress: crises, choices and continuity : proceedings of the 24th AIRAANZ conference. Sydney : University of Western Sydney, 2010.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference proceeding contribution

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