Update: PCS threatens further strikes and legal action over pensions
Leaders of the biggest civil service union, the PCS, have warned about the possibility of more strikes and court action if the Government goes ahead with its threat to exclude it from more pension talks.
The news came as the GMB, along with 10 other unions, said that they would appeal the High Court's ruling in November, which said that the Coalition Government acted within the law by linking pensions to the lower Consumer Prices Index rather than the traditional Retail Prices Index.
According to the Office for Budget Responsibility, the move could lead to a decline in the value of public sector worker pensions of up to 25%.
The challenge is based on the fact that one of the three High Court judges supported the unions' position that the Government should not have used economic necessity or a desire to cut the cost of future public sector pensions as the main reason for its decision.
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