Visy Board Pty Ltd and Visy Paper Pty Ltd
Ballot passed FWC matter B2025/1629 · result published 13 Nov 2025
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Eligible voters502employees on the voter roll
Turnout82%409 of 502 voted
Voted yes93–98%across the actions
Authorisation windowEndedabout 13 Dec 2025
Protected action has to start within 30 days of the result being declared, though the FWC can extend that.
What workers voted on
15 actions were put to the vote: 6 stoppages, 1 overtime ban, 4 work bans, 4 other actions. All of them passed.
What was voted onYesNo% yes
1. 30 minute stoppages of work3981197%✔ passed
2. 1 hour stoppages of work3911796%✔ passed
3. 4 hour stoppages of work3931596%✔ passed
4. 24 hour stoppages of work3921696%✔ passed
5. 72 hour stoppages of work3832494%✔ passed
6. Indefinite stoppages of all work3802793%✔ passed
7. Ban on paperwork and/or digital administration tasks to be carried out3941397%✔ passed
8. Indefinite and/or periodic changes to the way work is performed by obscuring, with union badged clothing and/or merchandise, the Visy logo on company uniforms3941397%✔ passed
9. Ban on overtime3951098%✔ passed
10. Indefinite and/or periodic changes to the way work is performed in the form of a collective cessation of work at the same time to take a unified lunch break, instead of the customary practice of staggered lunch breaks398798%✔ passed
11. Ban on training, working with, supervising and/or providing direction to contractors, labour hire workers, casuals and/or new hires3941098%✔ passed
12. Indefinite and/or periodic changes to the way Employees perform work by deliberately reducing the pace that tasks are undertaken to delay the ordinary performance of work3851995%✔ passed
13. Indefinite and/or periodic changes to the way Employees perform work by working in strict compliance with any or all applicable policies, procedures, standards and rules3911297%✔ passed
14. Ban on the use of machines and/or equipment that have not been maintained in accordance with the planned maintenance schedule396798%✔ passed
15. Ban on the use of any specific item(s) of plant and/or equipment, with the plant/equipment to be specified when the Employer is notified of the taking of that industrial action394798%✔ passed
The wording above is shortened from the notice's questions: introductory phrases are removed, and the action, what's affected, how long and any exclusions are kept. A question passes if more than half of the valid votes were yes. † Read from chart images in the FWC notice, so check the notice for the official figures.