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McCain Foods (Aust) Pty Ltd

Food, beverages and tobacco manufacturing industry

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Latest development2 ballots passed14 July 2025

Where things stand: A ballot since the last agreement (in operation from 2 Mar 2023); no newer agreement on record. As far as the documents show.

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Where this has got to, as far as the documents show.

Ballots22 passed
Union agreements1naming this union. 3 on this employer's record since 2023.
First on record2 Mar 2023Agreement in operation
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Developments

From FWC documents or a linked source. Newest first; earlier years are folded away.

2025 2 developments
  1. 2 ballots passed

    420 eligible voters across 2 separate ballots

    Ballot results →
  2. Agreement passed its expiry date

    McCain Foods (Aust) Pty Ltd Ballarat Production Enterprise Agreement 2022 reached its nominal expiry date. An agreement keeps applying until it is replaced or terminated.

    FWC agreement AE519291 ↗
2023 1 development
  1. Agreement in operation

    McCain Foods (Aust) Pty Ltd Ballarat Production Enterprise Agreement 2022. Nominal expiry 30 June 2025.

    FWC agreement AE519291 ↗
Agreements for this employer 3 since 2023, 1 naming this union

From the FWC's register, matched by employer name. Ones naming this union count as developments above; the others may cover different workers or unions.

Ballots 2 · each a separate vote by a group of employees
AMWU
McCain Foods (Aust) Pty Ltd
FWC matter B2025/1065 · 14 July 2025
78% turnout (301 of 384 eligible) · 90–94% voted yes†
Ballot 2 of 2 in this union and employer history · a separate vote for a different group of employees
Ballot passedDetails →FWC result ↗
AMWU
McCain Foods Aust Pty Ltd
FWC matter B2025/1063 · 14 July 2025
36 eligible voters · 100% voted yes
Ballot 1 of 2 in this union and employer history · a separate vote for a different group of employees
Ballot passedDetails →FWC result ↗
Same employer, other unions 1
CEPUv McCain Foods (Aust) Pty Ltd
Ballot passed · 14 July 2025
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FWC agreement records for this employer go back to 2010. Picket Line covers what unions are doing now, so anything before 2023 is outside its scope. Search the FWC agreements list ↗

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