Prime Minister John Howard has been given an angry reception in Wollongong by workers upset with his planned workplace changes.
About 100 workers holding placards denouncing the overhaul booed and shouted "shame" at Mr Howard as he left the new south coast electorate office of Senator Connie Fierravanti-Wells.
Another 100 protesters, including firefighters, nurses, teachers and police, were expected to attend a mass rally organised by the South Coast Labour Council in central Wollongong on Tuesday afternoon.
South Coast Labour Council secretary Arthur Rorris said frontline workers wanted the prime minister to know what they thought about his proposed changes to the industrial relations system.
"It's good to see the prime minister in Wollongong," Mr Rorris said.
"But we would like him to listen to the voices of the many working people and their concerns. What we'd like to say to the prime minister is that working people do not approve of what he's doing, it's done without a mandate."
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