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The Smith's Snackfood Company Pty Limited

Ballot passed FWC matter B2025/492 · result published 2 Apr 2025

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  2. Voting
  3. Result
  4. Action reported
  5. Ended
  6. Agreement
Action not confirmed. A successful ballot only authorises action. We mark it as reported once a source says it happened.
Eligible voters166employees on the voter roll
Turnout–see the notice
Voted yes89–96%across the actions
Authorisation windowEndedabout 2 May 2025

Protected action has to start within 30 days of the result being declared, though the FWC can extend that.

What workers voted on

5 actions were put to the vote: 4 stoppages, 1 overtime ban. All of them passed.

What was voted onYesNo% yes
1. Stoppages of work of 1 hour duration146895%✔ passed
2. Stoppages of work of 4 hours duration148696%✔ passed
3. Stoppages of work of 24 hours duration146895%✔ passed
4. Stoppages of work of indefinite duration1371789%✔ passed
5. Ban on overtime of an indefinite duration144895%✔ 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.

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