# Unions vote in favour of protected action at CBH Kwinana - Grain Central

> Plant operators and maintenance workers at CBH Group's Kwinana Grain Terminal voted 97% in favour of protected industrial action during enterprise bargaining talks. The terminal ships more than half of Western Australia's grain production on average each year.

- Date: 2025-07-30 · published 2025-07-30T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region Australia · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/23752-unions-vote-in-favour-of-protected-action-at-cbh-kwinana-grain-central
- Commodities: [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md), [Barley](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARLEY.md)

## Why it matters

Possible work stoppages at Western Australia's largest grain export terminal could delay wheat and barley shipments and support Australian export basis prices.

## Read by commodity

- WHEAT: bullish ▲
- BARLEY: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2023-05-26 | [AWU takes action at GrainCorp Kembla over wages - Grain Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/35959-awu-takes-action-at-graincorp-kembla-over-wages-grain-central.md) | -1.3% | -1.2% |
| WHEAT | 2025-08-27 | [Industrial action set to hit Kwinana grain port all next week \| Farm Online \| ACT](https://feedsoft.ai/events/23327-industrial-action-set-to-hit-kwinana-grain-port-all-next-week-farm-online-act.md) | +0.1% | -0.9% |
| WHEAT | 2025-09-01 | [CBH locks out Kwinana workers as union dispute gets worse \| Farm Online \| ACT](https://feedsoft.ai/events/22872-cbh-locks-out-kwinana-workers-as-union-dispute-gets-worse-farm-online-act.md) | -0.6% | -1.2% |
| WHEAT | 2025-10-08 | [CBH whacks unprovoked lockout on its entire Kwinana grain terminal workforce](https://feedsoft.ai/events/22405-cbh-whacks-unprovoked-lockout-on-its-entire-kwinana-grain-terminal-workforce.md) | +1.3% | +2.8% |
| WHEAT | 2017-04-25 | [PN industrial action costing Vic grains sector millions \| Farm Online \| ACT](https://feedsoft.ai/events/71505-pn-industrial-action-costing-vic-grains-sector-millions-farm-online-act.md) | +3.6% | +2.1% |

## Sources

- graincentral.com: https://www.graincentral.com/news/unions-vote-in-favour-of-protected-action-at-cbh-kwinana/

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