APWU Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA) Update (8/16/06)

“After the final month of the sixth-month measuring period, the tenth Cost-Of-Living Adjustment will be $812 per year. The adjustment amounts to a 39 cents per hour increase, or $31.20 per pay period. The tenth COLA (the second under the 2005-2006 extension agreements) will be effective Sept. 2, 2006 (pay period 19-06, pay date Sept. 22, 2006).” The annual raise of $812 will be the biggest Cost-Of-Living-Adjustment since mid-1980, surpassing last year’s increase of $728 (pay period 19-2005, pay date Sept. 23, 2005). PR Note: Mail Handlers will receive the same COLA raise.

Latest Pay charts for APWU-represented employees

Full-time Regulars (FTR) [pdf]

Part-time (PTF/PTR) [pdf]

TE Rates [pdf]

Operating Services [pdf