Unions mount legal challenge to pensions change

U.K.

Seven trade unions with members in the public sector have launched a legal challenge to the government’s decision to change the way that public sector pensions are protected against inflation. The change from the Retail Price Index (RPI) to the Consumer Price Index (CPI) was introduced without consultation or negotiation last year and the unions estimate that the difference in the two indices mean that public sector workers could lose £15000 (€17700) over the course of an average period of retirement as their pensions will be uprated by lower amounts.
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