UNION members are to vote on industrial action as the fallout from a controversial wage review continues to grip Lancashire County Council.
Unite, which represents up to 700 workers, could take part in the ballot following cuts to thousands of wages and changes to terms and conditions.
On Wednesday night at least 200 disgruntled staff attended a meeting called by Unite rep Les Parker.
He said: “It will be a testing of the water.”
The council's human resources director Carol Mills said: “I am disappointed that some individuals, who were not personally involved in the negotiations, have reacted in this way.”
Unison, County Hall’s biggest union, has said it rejects the council's proposals but is still considering its next move.
And it has told council staff not to be “panicked” into signing new contracts.
In its advice to 15,000 teaching staff who received their details last week, Unison said it had lodged a “collective dispute” with bosses over the way the equal pay review had been handled.
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