Factory workers could take industrial action over forced job losses and changes to contracts.

Amcor Flexibles Cumbria launched a consultation in June over plans to cut 74 jobs from its 360-strong workforce at the Salterbeck Industrial Estate, Workington.

Talks with the union Unite, which has 210 members at the factory, resulted in three votes to reject proposals put forward by company bosses.

The union said the company had imposed changes earlier this month, including at least 22 compulsory redundancies and a cut in overtime pay and a reduction in wages for new starters.

Union members have since voted to reject the imposed changes.

Ryan Armstrong, Unite regional officer, said the union also had concerns over health and safety.

Conciliation service Acas is due to be drafted in to help talks between the union and the company in the coming weeks.

A ballot for industrial action will be held if agreement cannot be reached.

Amcor dates back to the 1860s, when Yorkshire stonemason Samuel Ramsden relocated to Australia and established Victoria's first paper mill.

In the 1970s and 1980s it diversified the range of packaging products it created.

It now operates more than 180 sites in more than 40 countries with 29,000 and describes itself as "a global leader in responsible packaging solutions".

It supplied rigid and flexible packaging products into the food, beverage, healthcare, home and personal care and tobacco industries.

In May, staff at the factory produced thousands of Walkers crisp packets to commemorate Leicester football team's Premier League championship.

Amcor supplies packaging for Pepsico, the company which owns the Walkers Crisps brand.