Bernie Neville was an organiser for the Electrical Trades Union during the 1980s SEQEB dispute. Writing for the April special supplement of "Neighbourhood News", he explained the role Joh played in that dispute. In February 1985, the National Party government of Joh Bjelke- Petersen sacked 1100 electricity workers, all members of the Electrical Trades Union (ETU), all were employed by the South East Queensland Electricity Board, its aim was to privatise the industry. Bjelke-Petersen’s goal was to take away from the power workers’ job security, erode their conditions and increase the length of their working week. The workers resisted.
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