A council has begun seeking voluntary redundancies under plans to cut dozens of full-time jobs.
Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council plans to make redundant the equivalent of 68 full-time posts.
Trade union representatives warn that with many people employed part-time or job-sharing, up to 180 workers could be affected.
Letters have been sent to staff seeking applications for voluntary redundancies by Friday next week, before the council moves to compulsory lay-offs.
The council earlier this month said the job cuts were in response to the "current economic crisis arising from the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic".
It claimed not imposing financial cuts would have meant a 25 per cent increase in rates bills.
In May, the council agreed to furlough more than 300 of its 650 workers, after deferring plans to cut 46 jobs.
Natalie Shiel, from the union Nipsa, hit out at the "low rate" of severance pay offered by the council.
She also claimed senior staff including the chief executive should "absolutely" consider taking a pay cut to help save jobs.
Ms Shiel said they were unclear what cost-saving measures were considered "other than raising rates and reducing staff".
"We want more information, more consideration given to the consequences, and not just reacting financially," she said.
The union representative also called for councils to receive further financial support from Stormont in a bid to prevent redundancies.
The council previously said cuts to spending and staff costs were "reluctantly agreed", and the redundancy process could take six months to conclude.
