Janice Mayes recounts some of the industrial disputes she faced when working as President and Secretary of the FCU and Queensland Services Union (QSU).
Walter Threlfall reflects on the biggest disappointments he met with in his career as a trade union official, particularly the disillusionment he felt with the Queensland Government over the SEQEB incident. He comments on his most satisfying memories, which include day-to-day, minor achievements that made his job enjoyable.
Walter Threlfall reflects on the intertwined history of the Labor Party and the trade union movement. He conjectures that trade union principles have remained the same, but that Labor Party principles have become overly politicised. He discusses his own membership of the Labor Party.
Walter Threlfall discusses the interactions of the ETU, the Amalgamated Metal Workers Union, the AWU and the ACTU in the Mount Isa Mines lockout in the early 1990s.
Walter Threlfall details other industrial disputes in which the ETU was involved, particularly the Mount Isa Mine lockout and the Weipa dispute in the early 1990s.
Walter Threlfall discusses his personal role in the SEQEB dispute and describes the march and picketing in New Farm, Brisbane, undertaken by striking members of the ETU.
Walter Threlfall comments on some of the industrial disputes he witnessed and took part in during his career. These include the ETU's 1982 general strike and the South East Queensland Electricity Board (SEQEB) dispute.
