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BAE Systems Maritime Australia

Ballot passed FWC matter B2024/1705 · result published 12 Feb 2025

  1. Ordered
  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 voters55employees on the voter roll
Turnout58%32 of 55 voted
Voted yes94–100%across the actions
Authorisation windowEndedabout 14 Mar 2025

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

What workers voted on

4 actions were put to the vote: 2 stoppages, 1 stop-work meeting, 1 overtime ban. All of them passed.

What was voted onYesNo% yes
1. Stop work meetings of up to 8 hours duration310100%✔ passed
2. Stoppages on the performance of work between 1/2 hour and up to and including 24 hours29197%✔ passed
3. Stoppages on the performance of work for a specified duration (noting that the duration could be of more than 24 hours and up to and including 48 hours)30294%✔ passed
4. Ongoing bans on the performance of overtime and/or call outs29197%✔ 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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