Police are warning workers at Paragon Printing in Wodonga not to block access to the plant otherwise they would be removed.

The company is under administration and its 145 workers have not been paid for weeks.

The workers have maintained a picket line outside the factory since Friday and fear they could lose up to $10 million in entitlements.

Associated company, Moore Australasia, was given a Supreme Court injunction yesterday to gain access the factory.

Paragon Printing employee, Tony Carroll, says he is not angry with police but he is fed up with government inaction.

“They’re just doing their job,” he said.

“My gripe is that we cannot get governments to help us out. There should be ombudsman here. Why isn’t there one here at the table to make sure everything’s going down the straight and narrow?”

The Federal Minister for Employment Participation, Senator Mark Arbib says

many workers will soon have access to some form of financial assistance.

The Federal Minister for Employment Participation, Senator Mark Arbib, says staff will qualify for Centrelink assistance, despite previous claims to the contrary.

“They now have a list of all the workers. They were at the site yesterday and they’re contacting all those workers to go through their eligibility and many will qualify depending on their individual circumstances,” he said.

“There are some very dedicated people at Centrelink that are putting that part of the plan into place, so hopefully that’ll provide some certainty to workers.”

Wodonga lawyer Paul Gatto says he does not believe the injunction prevents workers from protesting at the site.

“My view is that the order only applies to Leigh Diehm and the AMWU and representatives,” he said.

“I find it difficult to invisage that the Supreme Court Justice who made the order would have made an order to cover everyone in the state of Victoria.”

One employee says workers will form a human chain if anyone tries to access the Wondaga factory.

Shayna Watson and her husband both work at the site and were recently stood down.

She says they have been gathering outside the factory for about a week and they will not budge now.

“We are prepared to see this through to the end,” she said.

“We want our jobs back, or we want our entitlements, and that is all we’re asking for.”