This follows disturbances last month in the Harehills area in the city after social workers visited the home of a Roma family to reportedly remove their children.
The council has pledged to review the case and work with Romanian and Roma led organisations to improve support for the city’s wider Roma community.
But one month on and social workers’ safety is still at risk, says the union.
It details how staff have been threatened with machetes and knives.
During one assessment a man told social workers he would “burn the building down and give them a repeat of Harehills”, according to a statement issued by Unison.
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