Wallace Trohear speaks about the primary role of unions as an organisation to represent and empower workers, and explains why it is that people join a union.
Wallace Trohear talks about being appointed to the role of assistant secretary of the Queensland BWIU in 1983, and the changes he enacted in the union through that position.
Vince Dobinson explains the effects of the Second World War on unionisation in the construction industry. He describes various jobs he worked at throughout the war and comments on the effects of compulsory unionism.
John Battams speaks about the issue of class sizes and how both the Union and the Department of Education have reacted to it. He moves on to discuss density of QTU membership.
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.
