A statement issued by Unite said more than 70 health visitors in the county agreed to take the action on dates to be announced.
It said 67 per cent of voters were in favour of escalating the dispute which has already seen 32 days of stoppages, with the loss of around 450 shifts, since July.
Health visitors claim they have lost more than £2,000 a year in earnings since being transferred under Agenda for Change terms from the NHS to county council control in 2017.
They are also objecting to the county council's insistence on different contracts for grade 9 and grade 10 health visitors.
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