Nick Kelly went into this contested election as a known Workers Party member. He'd previously regularly circulated The Spark among busdrivers and when asked at the meeting if he was a communist, replied yes.
So the busdrivers were all well aware of what was on offer. Nick's openly socialist position is a marked contrast to the opportunist practice of concealing one's real politics in union, local body or parliamentary elections. Its also a powerful disincentive to becoming a diehard reformist.
Nick did not take up his union position as a precuressor to writing an elegant academic paper about systemic structures. Those interested in such projects would be better to carry them out themselves rather than beg them from busy socialist union activists.

Nick's comrade,
Don Franks