Contents Part 1: Firefighters and Fire Fighting: An Historical Overview 1 The British Tradition 2 Brisbane's great fire and a system of fire brigades 3 The slow march towards professionalism Part 2: Queensland Firefighters and the AWU, 1917-1962 4 Joining the 'fighting' AWU: early achievement, 1917-1937 5 Disillusionment: the first breakaway attempt, 1937-1951 6 Renewing the battle: the second breakaway attempt 7 UFU Branch established, 1960-1962 Part 3: Leaving the AWU, 1962-1970 8 The UFU: a real alternative 9 Maintaining support, 1967-1968 10 The battle for industrial recognition, 1968-1969 11 Firefighters and officers part ways, 1969-1970 Part 4: The Rockhampton dispute and state registration, 1970-1976 12 The situation in Rockhampton 13 The dismissal of Rockhampton's UFU firefighters 14 To the courts 15 An old Chev: Rockhampton 1970-1974 16 Industrial gains, 1971-1975 17 Victory in Rockhampton, 1973-1975 18 Registraition and final hurdles, 1974-1976 Part 5: New challenges and old legacies, 1976-1987 19 New challenges 20 'We're still basically amateyrs' 21 New divisions and old legacies 22 Reformation 23 Amalgamation Part 6: Achievement and division, 1987-1996 24 A new fire service: Better equipped and safer? 25 New wages system, 1987-1991 26 Internal rifts and union restructuring, 1988-1992 27 Final battle with the AWU, 1993-1994 28 Workplace reform and new lwaderships, 1994-1996 Part 7: New directions and challenges, 1996-2008 29 Transformation of the fire service 30 Enterprise bargaining 31 Union stability and renewal 32 'A festering sore': the battle for safe crewing 33 Auxiliary firefighters 34 International solidarity and the campaign for firefighters safety Conclusion Appendix A List of Sacked UFU Firefighters at Rockhampton, 1970-1974 Notes on sources Index
