439:(SUP). Anderton publicly disagreed with Gerbic stating that the SUP had no influence in the Labour Party and that "The entire membership of the SUP could be written on the back of a postage stamp." At Labour's annual conference in May 1982 Gerbic used most of his speaking time to attack Anderton for publicly disagreeing with him over the SUP rather than advocating for the policy proposal to remove affiliates. Gerbic's speech finished with a more booing than applause. The conference delegates rejected the proposal and trade union affiliation remained in the Labour Party.
401:. Out of thirteen candidates Gerbic was selected to stand in the seat. After winning the Labour nomination, Gerbic took a leave of absence from his job as an Industrial Conciliator. As he was not classified as a civil servant under the electoral act he was not obliged to resign his position. He was cautioned in regards to his role by the Minister of Labour
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as did several leading union figures such as national secretary of the New
Zealand Electrical and Related Trades Union Tony Neary and secretary of the Wellington Clothing Workers Union Frank Thorn who stated their belief that their affiliation fees were too high and offered little benefit in return. Others such as
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where he suggested Labour should remove its formal links with trade unions, highlighting the party's public perception of being too closely linked with unions and a large demographic shift in the party membership away from the working class and towards middle-class liberals. Gerbic supported
Rowling,
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Minister of Labour there were serious discussions regarding the future of affiliated trade unions in the Labour Party. Labour was frequently attacked for being the 'party of unions' despite only 15% of unions being affiliated and providing just 8% of the annual party
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on his future as an
Industrial Conciliator in the event he lose the election. Bolger's warning was made in retaliation to Gerbic's criticisms of the government's response to an industrial dispute holding up construction of the
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Auckland Labour Party members. Gerbic denied the allegations and maintained his innocence throughout. The claims were investigated by
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