20 March 2013 Last updated at 07:23 Welsh assembly members should give up a day's pay if they stay away from the Senedd because of a strike by public sector workers, the leader of the Conservatives in Cardiff Bay says. Meetings have been rescheduled in the assembly because Labour and Plaid Cymru members will not cross a picket line. AMs sat for longer on Tuesday to get through the week's business. The strike by the Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) coincides with Budget day in Westminster. The union is striking in a row with the UK government over pay, pensions and job losses. A Welsh government spokesman said: "Ministers will be undertaking government engagements and dealing with any matters that arise throughout the day but will not be crossing picket lines." For goodness sake, this place only sits for two days a week in plenary End Quote Andrew RT Davies Welsh Conservative leader AMs normally meet for one of their two weekly plenary sessions on Wednesday afternoons, but most business - including questions to ministers - was moved to Tuesday. The decision was taken by the assembly's all-party business committee. The only items tabled for Wednesday are Tory motions that criticise the Welsh Labour government. The session will be chaired by deputy presiding officer David Melding, a Tory AM. Presiding Officer Rosemary Butler, a Labour AM, will not be crossing the picket line, despite telling AMs recently that attending business should be their "top priority." Tory assembly leader Andrew RT Davies said: "I can sympathise with the actions of the PCS Union which they wish to undertake, but frankly politicians are elected to represent the whole of their community. For goodness sake, this place only sits for two days a week in plenary. He added: "Striking assembly members should consult their consciences very carefully and either give up their pay and pension contributions or donate them to charity." Labour AM Ann Jones said: "The Labour group makes no apology for refusing to cross tomorrow's picket line and we urge the Tory-led UK government to enter into further meaningful and genuine consultations with the unions over pay, pensions and terms and conditions." It is not the first time strike action has disrupted the assembly. Labour and Plaid members also refused to cross a PCS picket line in March 2010 when the union was in dispute with the then Labour UK government. Writing on Twitter, Plaid AM Simon Thomas said his party had supported the union, but that it should consider the needs of the assembly. "Solidarity goes both ways," he said.