Portside Christian College
Ballot passed FWC matter B2025/216 · result published 26 Feb 2025
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- Voting
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Action not confirmed. A successful ballot only authorises action. We mark it as reported once a source says it happened.
Eligible voters34employees on the voter roll
Turnout–see the notice
Voted yes63–81%across the actions
Authorisation windowEndedabout 28 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
7 actions were put to the vote: 1 stoppage, 2 work bans, 1 clothing/badge action, 3 messaging actions. All of them passed.
What was voted onYesNo% yes
1. Interrupting or stopping work for a period of up to 10 minutes to wear, distribute and post union campaign material such as t-shirts, badges, written communications and stickers23972%✔ passed
2. Interrupting or stopping work to hand out flyers about the union campaign for a new enterprise agreement to students, parents, and members of the public, and/or to place campaign material on or off site221069%✔ passed
3. Interrupting or stopping work to provide public comments, statements or any other information concerning the union campaign about the enterprise agreement including on personal social media, to members of the public, parents…201263%✔ passed
4. Interrupting or stopping work for a period of up to 10 minutes so as to allow a typed statement in the footer of each email, "The following message is authorised protected industrial action under the Fair Work Act 2009: I am…24875%✔ passed
5. Ban on attending staff meetings26681%✔ passed
6. Ban on performing work after hours, or attendance at after hour events26681%✔ passed
7. Stoppages of work of between 5 minutes and 24 hours in duration24875%✔ 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.