Endnotes
1.On power, seeR. Murray, The Split: Australian Labour in the Fifties,, 1970; on participation, seeT. Sheridan, ‘Opposition, factions and candidates in AEU elections in Australia, 1907-1972’, Journal of Industrial Relations, vol.22, no.3, September1980, pp.293-311; on ideology, see B.Ellem, ‘Ideology and union purpose: the Federated Clerks Union in New South Wales, 1946-58’, Australian Journal of Politics and History, vol.43, no.3, 1997, pp.344-60; and on the period overall, seeT. Sheridan, Division of Labour: Industrial Relations in the Chifley Years, 1945-1949,Oxford University Press,, 1989.
2.B. Costar,P. Love andP. Strangio(eds), The Great Labor Schism: a retrospective,Scribe Publications,, 2005, provides a series of recent studies on different aspects of the Split;Ellem, ‘Ideology and union purpose’, p.344, andSheridan, ‘Opposition, factions and candidates’, p.297, focus on its impact on factionalising union politics.
4.R. Cooper andG. Patmore, ‘Trade union organising and labour history’, Labour History, no.83, November2002, pp.3-18.
5.The role and significance of peak union bodies with particular reference to Australia is explored fully inB. Ellem,R. Markey andJ. Shields(eds), Peak Unions in Australia: Origins, Purpose, Power, Agency,Federation Press,, 2004.
6.R. Davis, Eighty Years’ Labor, 1903-1983,Sassafras Books and the History Department, University of Tasmania,, 1983, p.71lists Harradine’s secretaryships as including: the Shop Assistants, the Marine and Harbour Trust Employees Union, the Theatrical Employees Union, the Furnishing Trades Union, the Amalgamated Society of Engineers, theFederated Ironworkers Union, the Baking Trades Union, the Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners, the Fire Fighters Union, the Storeman and Packers Union, the Operative Painters and Decorators Union, the Hospital Employees Federation (no. 1 Branch), the Flourmillers Union, the Vehicle Builders Union, the Boot Employees Union, the Dental Mechanics Union and the Australian Workers Union.
7.For a history of the Victorian Branch of the FLAIEU, seeA. Best, Unity Service Hospitality: A Great Tradition: The History of the Liquor Trades Union in Victoria,FLAIEU,, 1990.
9.R. F. Hoxie, Trade Unionism in the United States,, 1924, pp.44ff.
10.M. Hess, ‘Against the odds: establishing the Miscellaneous Workers Union in Tasmania, 1949-59’, Labour History, no.96, May2009, pp.101-16.
11.Interview withGeorge Burgess, former northern organiser and Tasmanian Branch Secretary,FLAIEU,, 10February2006.
12.FLAIEU, ‘Special Tasmanian Branch Report’, n.d.,Jim Mahoney.
13.‘Special Tasmanian Branch Report’.
14.FLAIEU, ‘Federal Secretary’s Report, 1 June 1962-31 January 1963’,Federal Council, 1963.
15.FLAIEU, ‘Special Tasmanian Branch Report’, n.d.,Federal Office FLAIEU,.
16. The Examiner, 31March1977.
17.Letter fromDavid Knight toF. Clark, 21May1976.
18. The Mercury, 21December1976.
19.Ibid.
21.Ibid.
22.Ibid.
23.Ibid.
25.FLAIEU, ‘Don’t let it slip your mind’, election flyer authorised by David Baird and others, n.d.
26.FLAIEU, ‘A Special Message to all members’, authorised by Michael Boland, n.d.
27.FLAIEU, ‘Remember’election flyer, authorised by F. Doherty and F. Clarke, n.d.
28. The Examiner, 15June1978;The Mercury, 16June1978.
30.Ibid.
31.FLAIEU, ‘Special Newsletter’, 26July1978.
32.FLAIEU, ‘Minutes of the Quarterly Branch Meeting’,, 2August1978.
33.FLAIEU, ‘Special Newsletter’, 26July1978.
35.FLAIEU, ‘Special Newsletter’, 26July1978.
37. The Mercury, 16July1978, 21July1978;The Examiner, 15July1978.
38.FLAIEU, Minutes, Committee of Management, 19July1978.
39.Parliament of Tasmania, House of Assembly, Hansard, 16February1977.
40.Interview withRay Gietzelt, General Secretary FMWU (1955-84), Sylvania Heights, 9September2005.
43.Ibid.
44.Ibid.
45.Ibid.
47.Ibid.
49.Ibid.
50.FLAIEU, ‘Minutes of the Quarterly Branch Meeting’,, 2August1978.
52. The Examiner, 2August1978.
53. The Mercury, 4August1978.
54.FLAIEU, ‘Minutes of the Quarterly Branch Meeting’,, 2August1978.
56.FLAIEU, Liquor Trade Union Journal, vol.1, no.1, August1978.
58.‘Urgent: Liquor Trades Union Members, Tasmanian Branch’, Tasmanian L.T.U. Defence Committee, n.d.
59.Ibid.
60.Ibid.
62. The Mercury, 15February1979.
66. The Examiner, 4April1979.
69. The Examiner, 3May1979.
70. The Examiner, 4May1979, 5May1979.
71. The Examiner, 5May1979.
72. The Mercury, 28April1979.
73. The Examiner, 15May1979.
74. The Examiner, 11November1978.
75. The Mercury, 11September1979.
76. The Examiner, 12September1979.
77. Liquor Trade Union Journal, Tasmanian Branch, March/April1979, vol.1, no.3, p.5.
78. Liquor Trade Union Journal, Tasmanian Branch, July/August1979, vol.1, no.5, p.2.
80. Liquor Trade Union Journal, Tasmanian Branch, May/June1979, vol.1, no.4.
82. Liquor Trade Union Journal, Tasmanian Branch, May/June1979, vol.1, no.4.
83.‘A Personal Message from Nick Sherry’, FLAIEU election letter, n.d.
84.Ibid.
87. The Examiner, 4October1979.
88.Ibid.
90. The Mercury, 19October1979.
93.‘Liquor Trades Union Members from elected members on your committee of management’, open letter, n.d.
94.Ibid.
95.Ibid.
96.Minutes of the Special General Meeting, 27November1979.
97. The Mercury, 7December1979.
98. The Mercury, 29November1979.
99. The Mercury, 30November1979.
100.Minutes of Special Committee Meeting, 28November1979.
101. The Mercury, 30November1979.
102. The Examiner, 6December1979.
103.Parliament of Tasmania, Hansard, 5December1979.
104. The Advocate, 22December1979.
105.Federal Court of Australia, Transcript of Proceedings at Hobart, 7February1980and26February1980.
106.‘These Men Conspired to take over the Liquor Trades Union’,Trade Union Defence Committee, n.d.
107.Unsigned letter toDavid Baird, 22April1980.
109.Ibid.
111.‘Liquor Trades Union Members Stop the Rot’, FLAIEU election pamphlet authorised by D. Baird.
112.Ibid.
113. The Mercury, 1July1981.
114. The Examiner, 1July1981.
116.Ibid., 12September2005.
118.Ibid.
119.Ibid.
120.Cooper andPatmore, ‘Trade union organising and labour history’.