| Six unions will be demonstrating outside the Royal Courts of Justice, Strand, London WC2A, from 8.30am to 10am tomorrow (Tuesday 25 October) in support of a legal challenge over public sector pensions. Gail Cartmail, Unite assistant general secretary and lead negotiator for Unite on public sector pensions, will be available for interview outside the High Court tomorrow from 8.30am. A judicial review hearing starts on that day to challenge the switch to using the consumer price index (CPI) instead of the traditionally-higher retail price index (RPI) for the annual increase in public sector pensions. Because CPI is around 1.2 per cent lower on average than RPI, the loss to existing public sector pensioners will be around 15 per cent. The six unions are the Fire Brigades' Union, teachers' union NASUWT, Prison Officers Association, Public and Commercial Services union, Unison and Unite. All the unions have either already balloted for industrial action, are balloting, or will be supporting the day of action over pensions on 30 November. |