SNP MSP Kenneth Gibson said strikes had previously taken place while Labour and the Tories had been in power at Westminster and Labour MPs had still attended Parliament and "done their jobs".
He said it was "utterly hypocritical" that when Labour MPs, including former Prime Minister Gordon Brown, were at Westminster and when party leader Ed Miliband said he did not support the strike that Labour MSPs should "abandon" Holyrood on a day when it was debating the pensions issue.
