{"id":61434,"date":"2018-08-10T18:29:31","date_gmt":"2018-08-10T22:29:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.21cpw.com\/?p=61434"},"modified":"2018-08-12T19:48:24","modified_gmt":"2018-08-12T23:48:24","slug":"apwu-seventh-and-final-cola-under-2015-cba-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.21cpw.com\/apwu-seventh-and-final-cola-under-2015-cba-announced\/","title":{"rendered":"APWU: Seventh and Final COLA under\u00a02015 CBA Announced"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-socializer wpsr-share-icons\" data-lg-action=\"show\" data-sm-action=\"show\" data-sm-width=\"768\" data-ga=\"share_icons\" data-ga-action=\"share\"><div class=\"wpsr-si-inner\"><div class=\"socializer sr-popup sr-fluid sr-32px sr-opacity sr-pad\"><span class=\"sr-facebook\"><a data-id=\"facebook\" style=\"color:#ffffff;\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/share.php?u=\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Share this on Facebook\"><i class=\"fab fa-facebook-f\"><\/i><\/a><\/span>\n<span class=\"sr-twitter\"><a data-id=\"twitter\" style=\"color:#ffffff;\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=%20-%20%20\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Tweet this !\"><i class=\"fab fa-twitter\"><\/i><\/a><\/span>\n<span class=\"sr-share-menu\"><a href=\"#\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"More share links\" style=\"color:#ffffff;\" data-metadata=\"{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;excerpt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;image&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;short-url&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;rss-url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.21cpw.com\\\/feed\\\/&quot;,&quot;comments-section&quot;:&quot;comments&quot;,&quot;raw-url&quot;:null,&quot;twitter-username&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;fb-app-id&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;fb-app-secret&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\"><i class=\"fa fa-plus\"><\/i><\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-57031\" src=\"https:\/\/www.21cpw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Cost-of-Living-cola.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1073\" height=\"483\" data-wp-pid=\"57031\" \/><strong>Web News Article #: 78-2018<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>08\/10\/2018 &#8211; In accordance with the 2015-2018 APWU\/USPS Collective Bargaining Agreement (union contract), <strong>career employees represented by the APWU will receive a 31 cent per hour cost-of-living adjustment (COLA), effective September 1, 2018.<\/strong> It will appear in paychecks dated September 21, 2018 (Pay Period 19-2018), and will total $645.00 per year.<\/p>\n<p>The COLAs are in addition to general wage increases.<\/p>\n<p>This is the seventh and final cost-of-living adjustment under the 2015-2018 contract:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>$0.00<\/strong> The first COLA would have been effective Sept. 5, 2015<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>$0.00<\/strong> The second COLA would have been effective March 5, 2016.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>$21.00<\/strong> The third COLA was effective Sept. 3, 2016.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>$333.00<\/strong> The fourth COLA was effective March 18, 2017.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>$270.00<\/strong> The fifth COLA increase effective Sept. 2, 2017.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>$520.00<\/strong> The sixth COLA effective March 3, 2018.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>$645.00<\/strong> The seventh COLA effective Sept. 1, 2018.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The COLAs received during the 2015-2018 CBA will total $1,789 per year.<\/p>\n<p>Postal Support Employees (PSEs) do not receive cost-of-living increases, but had five general wage increases under the 2015-2018 contract. PSEs received a pay increase of 21 cents on May 26, 2018.<\/p>\n<p>Updated <a href=\"http:\/\/www.apwu.org\/resource-types\/pay-scales\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">pay scales<\/span><\/a> are available.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Source:\u00a0<em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.apwu.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">APWU<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nalc.org\/news\/nalc-updates\/fourth-cola-set-at-645\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">NALC &#8211; Fifth COLA set at $645<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-socializer wpsr-share-icons\" data-lg-action=\"show\" data-sm-action=\"show\" data-sm-width=\"768\" data-ga=\"share_icons\" data-ga-action=\"share\"><div class=\"wpsr-si-inner\"><div class=\"socializer sr-popup sr-fluid sr-32px sr-opacity sr-pad\"><span class=\"sr-facebook\"><a data-id=\"facebook\" style=\"color:#ffffff;\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/share.php?u=\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Share this on Facebook\"><i class=\"fab fa-facebook-f\"><\/i><\/a><\/span>\n<span class=\"sr-twitter\"><a data-id=\"twitter\" style=\"color:#ffffff;\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=%20-%20%20\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Tweet this !\"><i class=\"fab fa-twitter\"><\/i><\/a><\/span>\n<span class=\"sr-share-menu\"><a href=\"#\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"More share links\" style=\"color:#ffffff;\" data-metadata=\"{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;excerpt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;image&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;short-url&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;rss-url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.21cpw.com\\\/feed\\\/&quot;,&quot;comments-section&quot;:&quot;comments&quot;,&quot;raw-url&quot;:null,&quot;twitter-username&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;fb-app-id&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;fb-app-secret&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\"><i class=\"fa fa-plus\"><\/i><\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Web News Article #: 78-2018 08\/10\/2018 &#8211; In accordance with the 2015-2018 APWU\/USPS Collective Bargaining Agreement (union contract), career employees represented by the APWU will receive a 31 cent per hour cost-of-living adjustment (COLA), effective September 1, 2018. 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