Braintree Trades Union Council members are seeking an assurance that questions surrounding the possible closure of Monken Hadley old people's home, Bocking, will be given a public forum.
In a letter to Braintree MP Alan Hurst, Essex Social Services director Mike Leadbetter and Braintree Council chairman Fred Card, members call for a series of public meetings on the future of the home.
Secretary Barbara O'Hare said that, while not opposed to the closure of the home in principle, members were concerned about future use of the building, resettling of residents and the threat to staff jobs.
They will be campaigning to keep the building in community use, said Mrs O'Hare and for proceeds from the sale to be used to provide more local authority places for the elderly.
Residents and their relatives must be consulted through every stage of the process, she said. "Monken Hadley is home to these people and they have a right to know where they are going."
In June, Essex Council Council's social services committee agreed to consult on the closure of Monken Hadley.
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