The national executive of the Community and Youth Workers' Union (CYWU) will ask its members to back a merger with the Transport and General Workers' Union (TGWU).
If members accept the plan, it could mean the CYWU becoming part of the super union to be created by the proposed merger of Amicus and the TGWU.
If the Amicus-TGWU merger goes ahead, it will be the largest in the UK with a membership of just under two million people. The 615,000-member GMB union is also considering joining.
Doug Nicholls, general secretary of the CYWU, said: "It would add considerable strength to the representation of youth and community workers. We already have an agreement with the TGWU and we have been guaranteed a specialist section."
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