The dockers' union has no plans to end its protest against the sacking of workers at the Port of Brisbane.
The Fair Work Commission on Monday ordered all Hutchison Ports workers back to work and the Maritime Union of Australia to cease industrial action against the company which sacked 97 workers in Sydney and Brisbane by text message and email last week.
But MUA Queensland state secretary Bob Carnegie says protesters outside Hutchison Ports' Brisbane docks aren't taking industrial action.
He says the people who are sitting on the road into the facility aren't a picket line blocking traffic but a group telling passers-by about how the company treats its workers.
Mr Carnegie said three MUA members had returned to work at the facility while no Hutchison Ports workers who are rostered on shift have joined the protest.
"This is a peaceful community protest and really that's all it is," he said.
"That's outside the scope of the Fair Work Commission."
Mr Carnegie said the union had permission from the Port of Brisbane to continue to protest at the site for at least another 24 days.
"We will stay on a day longer than Hutchison, we will endure and we will win," he added.
Hutchison Ports say the lay-offs are needed to stem the company's financial losses.
But they have since been unable to be contacted by media organisations or the Queensland government.
While the federal government has avoided becoming involved in the dispute, state treasurer Curtis Pitt and other Labor politicians have visited the protesters in Brisbane.
Mr Carnegie called for Opposition Leader Lawrence Springborg to do so the same, "if he has a spine".
"Lawrence Springborg there's a challenge for you, you can get on board down here," he said.
"We've got some fairy floss tomorrow and a jumping castle and you can enjoy yourself."
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