SSX Services Pty Limited & OneSteel Recycling Pty Limited
Ballot passed FWC matter B2025/1743 · result published 5 Dec 2025
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Eligible voters252employees on the voter roll
Turnout–see the notice
Voted yes89–96%across the actions
Authorisation windowEndedabout 4 Jan 2026
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: 2 stoppages, 1 overtime ban, 12 work bans. All of them passed.
What was voted onYesNo% yes
1. Stoppages of the performance of all work for specified periods of less than 1 hour1861294%✔ passed
2. Stoppages of the performance of all work for unspecified periods1821692%✔ passed
3. Ban on the performance of work that would ordinarily be performed by another employee who is engaging in protected industrial action1841493%✔ passed
4. Ban on the movement, removal, or transfer of billets into or out of the Billet Yard, except where billets are being charged directly into the furnace1851393%✔ passed
5. Ban on the removal of refractory rubble and billets from the Bar Mill furnace, except where required for safety reasons1861294%✔ passed
6. Ban on the loading, unloading, handling, transportation of imported steel and steel products190896%✔ passed
7. Ban on the performance of work in any department other than your usual department1851393%✔ passed
8. Ban on the performance of work in confined spaces1851393%✔ passed
9. Ban on the performance of spotting1851393%✔ passed
10. Ban on the performance of work in roles other than operator, leading hand operator, and team leader1851393%✔ passed
11. Ban on the performance of work with any person who is not employed as, but is performing the work of, an operator, leading hand, or team leader1871194%✔ passed
12. Ban on the use and handling of tools, plant, machinery, materials or products that have been 188 10 198 handled, transported or loaded by a person who is not employed as, but is performing the work of, an operator, leading hand…1881095%✔ passed
13. Ban on the working of overtime or additional hours unless it is required to maintain safe minimum manning levels1752289%✔ passed
14. Ban and limitations on commencing and finishing times1821692%✔ passed
15. Ban on the performance of other specified tasks and duties1831592%✔ 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.