Tomago Aluminium Company
Ballot passed FWC matter B2025/478 · result published 28 Mar 2025
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Eligible voters61employees on the voter roll
Turnout–see the notice
Voted yes93–100%across the actions
Authorisation windowEndedabout 27 Apr 2025
Protected action has to start within 30 days of the result being declared, though the FWC can extend that.
What workers voted on
23 actions were put to the vote: 11 stoppages, 2 overtime bans, 10 work bans. All of them passed.
What was voted onYesNo% yes
1. 1 hour stoppages of work54296%✔ passed
2. 2 hour stoppages of work53296%✔ passed
3. 3 hour stoppages of work54198%✔ passed
4. 4 hour stoppages of work550100%✔ passed
5. 8 hour stoppages of work53296%✔ passed
6. 12 hour stoppages of work53296%✔ passed
7. 24 hour stoppages of work53296%✔ passed
8. 48 hour stoppages of work51493%✔ passed
9. 72 hour stoppages of work51493%✔ passed
10. Stoppages of work for a period of one week52395%✔ passed
11. Indefinite stoppages of work54198%✔ passed
12. Ban on overtime550100%✔ passed
13. Indefinite or periodic partial work bans53296%✔ passed
14. Ban on curtailment of electrical supply to a pot line due to power price demands or market price impact at the request of AGL or Tomago Aluminium Company550100%✔ passed
15. Ban on holding permits to work550100%✔ passed
16. Ban on the performance of Low Voltage (LV) isolations for work assigned to contractors or workers who are not employees of Tomago Aluminium Company54198%✔ passed
17. Ban on the issue of Electrical Equipment Outage (EEO) authority to contractors or workers who are not employees of TAC550100%✔ passed
18. Ban on the performance of overtime that counts toward supplementary hours540100%✔ passed
19. Ban on the performance of planned maintenance (not including responding to breakdowns)53198%✔ passed
20. Ban on the use of the SAP system52296%✔ passed
21. Ban on the use of battery and/or electrical power tools52296%✔ passed
22. Ban on verifying and/or performing of any isolations (all trades)52296%✔ passed
23. Ban on work associated with HRW licenses53198%✔ 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.