Errol Hodder remembers the withdrawal of the AWU from the ALP in Roma in 1961. He states that once he became the AWU Organiser he applied to re-join the ALP in 1971 and they accepted him.
Errol Hodder discusses the 1956 national Shearer's Strike and the Roma AWU organiser Bert Williamson and Stan Treacy. He notes he was one of the youngest of the AWU strikers and remembers that the AWU held their union meetings on Sundays when Hodder needed a special dispensation so he could play rugby league for the Roma team.
Errol Hodder outlines his early history, commencing in the workforce in Brisbane and then moving to Roma where he worked in the shearing industry and joined the AWU at age 16.
