1 Fair Work Act 2009 s.437 - Application for a protected action ballot order National Union of Workers v George Weston Foods Limited T/A Weston Milling (Enfield) and Weston Animal Nutrition (Enfield) (B2017/1005) DEPUTY PRESIDENT GOSTENCNIK MELBOURNE, 2 NOVMEBER 2017 Proposed protected action ballot of employees of George Weston Foods Limited T/A Weston Milling (Enfield) and Weston Animal Nutrition (Enfield). Pursuant to s.443 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (the Act) the Fair Work Commission orders: 1. PROTECTED ACTION BALLOT TO BE HELD The National Union of Workers is to hold a protected action ballot of employees of George Weston Foods Limited T/A Weston Milling (Enfield) and Weston Animal Nutrition (Enfield) described in clause 3 of this order. 2. NAME OF PERSON AUTHORISED TO CONDUCT THE BALLOT The ballot is to be conducted by the Australian Electoral Commission. 3. GROUP OR GROUPS OF EMPLOYEES TO BE BALLOTED In accordance with s.437(5) of the Act, the employees to be balloted are those who will be covered by the proposed enterprise agreement, who work at 1 Braidwood Street, Enfield, NSW and are represented by the bargaining representative who is the applicant for this protected action ballot order. 4. DATE BY WHICH BALLOT CLOSES The date by which voting in the protected action ballot is to close is 1 December 2017. 5. QUESTIONS The question(s) to be put to voters in the ballot are: PR597168 ORDER PR597168 2 In support of reaching an enterprise agreement with your employer, do you endorse the taking of protected industrial action by NUW members against your employer, which may involve taking separately, concurrently and/or consecutively any or all of the actions set out below: 1 hour stoppages of work; 2 hour stoppages of work; 3 hour stoppages of work; 4 hour stoppages of work; 8 hour stoppages of work; 12 hour stoppages of work; 24 hour strikes; 48 hour strikes; 72 hour strikes; strikes for a period of one week; indefinite strikes; indefinite or periodic bans on overtime” Yes [ ] No [ ] EXPLANATORY NOTE "For the avoidance of doubt, if an employee does not approve the taking of: (a) any one of the forms of industrial action described above; or (b) any one of the forms of industrial action described above concurrently or consecutively with any other form of industrial action described above, then the employee should vote no." DEPUTY PRESIDENT Printed by authority of the Commonwealth Government Printer <Price code A>