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A Portrait of Australian Trade Union Officials
Author(s) -
Bramble Tom
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
british journal of industrial relations
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.665
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1467-8543
pISSN - 0007-1080
DOI - 10.1111/1467-8543.00213
Subject(s) - census , trade union , portrait , work (physics) , population , political science , public administration , geography , economics , sociology , labour economics , demography , engineering , mechanical engineering , archaeology
Details are given of the chief characteristics of Australia’s trade union officials, using data drawn from the 1986 and 1996 Australian Censuses of Population and Housing. This research note provides an update on research published by a number of authors. Unlike previous work, however, use of Census data allows for direct comparisons of the characteristics of union officials with those of union members or, where such data are not available, with the employed work‐force.