Mary Kelly discusses women's issues and women in leadership roles in the Queensland Teachers Union today, and the improvements in the field since the 1980s.
Mary Kelly relates her motivations for moving into leadership positions in the Queensland Teachers Union. She focuses on women's issues in schools, covering female students and teachers, and the need for reform within the Union itself in order to address these issues.
Joan Sheldon describes federal-state relations during the Borbidge years. She comments that while there were advantages to dealing with a coalition federal government there was still conflict.
Tom Barton outlines the ongoing influence of the AWU in Queensland, its fraught relationship with the QCU, and the development of government superannuation.
Tom Barton discusses the Accord process, commenting on its weaknesses, including the rise of amalgamated unions and the resultant loss of union members, as well as it strengths, including the advancement of wages and the instituting of compulsory superannuation.
Tom Barton recalls his work in the union movement during the Bjelke-Petersen era, including the SEQEB dispute in 1985 and the negotiation of state superannuation funds.
