Fifty workers from the Cronulla Fisheries Research Centre travelled by bus to Yass today in the hope of meeting Primary Industries Minister Katrina Hodgkinson.
They will visit Ms Hodgkinson’s electorate office after receiving no reply to three requests for a meeting in Sydney.
Assistant secretary of the Public Service Association, Shane O’Brien, said staff would apply for a day’s leave and, if it was not given, they would strike and lose a day’s pay.
In a media release, the PSA said the bus trip was ‘‘a last ditch attempt’’ to get answers from the minister.
Mr O’Brien said, if today's action did not succeed, they would continue to pursue Ms Hodgkinson until she agreed to a meeting.
‘‘I believe that if she had confidence in this decision she would have no problem facing up to the staff,’’ he said.
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