UNION members have vowed to lobby Surrey County Councillors ahead of a meeting on Tuesday over potential plans to close six elderly care homes.
The move comes ahead of the meeting on October 21 at county hall where councillors are due to debate the future of six council run homes.
GMB members are angry that the preferred recommendation in the papers published on the council's website is to close the current service and move residents to other homes.
Among the homes that could potentially face closure are Park Hall in Reigate and Dormers in Caterham with union bosses claiming as many as 437 jobs could be at risk.
Other options to go before councillors are for the service to remain as it is, to extend and redevelop the service or sell or lease the homes to another provider.
Frank Minal GMB Regional Organiser said: "Councillors are meeting to consider the start of a consultation process. Advance documents exhibited on their website already have a preferred option to close these six care homes.
"GMB is concerned that this proposal will lead to a number of unwanted outcomes, distress to elderly residents, a direct loss of emergency elderly care provision and 437 jobs losses.
"GMB as well as residents and relatives are shocked that the council's preferred option is to close the homes before a full consultation has been carried out in the community."
