As the cost of living soars some council staff could be set to go on strike "unless local government bosses increase a paltry two per cent pay offer".
GMB Scotland sent a statutory notice to COSLA chiefs on Monday, May 30 of an industrial action ballot.
The union's senior organiser Keir Greenaway said a council worker earning less than £25,000 would get "no more than a tenner a week" which he said would "turn a crisis into a catastrophe".
