John Battams lists the many honorary and official union positions he has held within the QTU, and describes the duties associated with these. He focusses on his ascent to General Secretary in 1990.
John Battams offers an insight on tensions and factions within the QTU during the 1970s and 1980s. He discusses the representations of different teachers within the QTU.
John Battams discusses his initial involvement with the QTU and his appointment as Branch President of North Brisbane in his first year of teaching. He details some of the officials of the QTU at this time.
John Battams speaks about his first years as a teacher at Sandgate District State High School, and how he came to first be involved in the Queensland Teachers Union (QTU).
John Battams discusses his time at the University of Queensland, and his abstinence from political life at this point. He reflects on various demonstrations he participated in during this time.
Mary Kelly offers an opinion on the suggestion that unions exist to undermine the authority and agency of bureaucracy, particularly regarding the Queensland Teachers Union and the authority of the Education Department.
Mary Kelly comments on the industrial dispute in 1987, when the Bjelke-Petersen government tried to take away leave-loading for public servants, including teachers, and the action that the attempt spurred.
