In July, the final month of the six-month adjustment period for the fourth COLA under the 2024 Agreement, the CPI-W Unadjusted Index (1967=100) rose slightly from last month to 974.343, but not enough to change the calculations. Nonetheless, it was an increase over the January 2026 index point upon which employees received the last COLA. … Read more
April 8, 2026 APWU-represented employees covered by the 2024-2027 National Agreement received the retroactive payments owed to them in their April 10 paychecks. These include members of the Clerk, Maintenance, Motor Vehicle Service, Operating Services, and Material Support Crafts. Employees will see the retroactive payments listed on their paychecks as multiple “adjustments.” To fully understand … Read more
When it comes to your paycheck, your benefits, and your future, it pays to be union.
The APWU still believes that our retroactive pay can be completed sooner than April 10, 2026, and we have already begun to press the Postal Service on the issue.
Based on the increase in the Consumer Price Index (CPI-W) from the third quarter of 2021 through the third quarter of 2022, Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) beneficiaries will receive an 8.7 percent COLA for 2023. See 2023 Social Security Changes – Fact Sheet
Comments from John Marcotte, candidate for APWU National President, on APWU’s Union Pride Day activities and Cost Of Living Adjustment announcement noting lack of ANY “Dump DeJoy” activism by APWU HQ Leadership: “Union Pride Day but the message is record COLA? Our members know record COLA comes from record inflation and APWU COLA formula does … Read more
Source: John L. Marcotte, Candidate for APWU National President
August 10, 2022 In accordance with the 2021-2024 Collective Bargaining Agreement, career employees represented by the APWU will receive a $1.18 per hour cost-of-living adjustment (COLA), effective August 27, 2022. The increase is the result of a rise in the Consumer Price Index (CPI-W). It will appear in paychecks dated September 16, 2022 (Pay Period … Read more