Month: August 2018

Seventh and Final COLA under the 2015 Contract Agreement Announced

(This article was first reported on the National Website on August 10, 2018)

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. It will appear in paychecks dated September 21, 2018 (Pay Period 19-2018), and will total $645.00 per year.

The COLAs are in addition to general wage increases.

This is the seventh and final cost-of-living adjustment under the 2015-2018 contract:

  • $0.00 The first COLA would have been effective Sept. 5, 2015
  • $0.00 The second COLA would have been effective March 5, 2016.
  • $21.00 The third COLA was effective Sept. 3, 2016.
  • $333.00 The fourth COLA was effective March 18, 2017.
  • $270.00 The fifth COLA increase effective Sept. 2, 2017.
  • $520.00 The sixth COLA effective March 3, 2018.
  • $645.00 The seventh COLA effective Sept. 1, 2018.

The COLAs received during the 2015-2018 CBA will total $1,789 per year.

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.

Updated pay scales are available.

Gear Up this Thursday

Tomorrow is Thursday, and we’re still fighting for a new contract and economic justice. So don’t forget to wear your APWU gear to show that we are united as we work toward a contract that gives every member a fair shot and a voice on the job.

When we asked you last week to wear your gear and send us photos, you delivered! Here’s one of our favorite photos sent in last week from our brothers and sisters in Danville, Va

 

 

You can help show management that we’re standing together, and build support in the communities we serve, by taking a photo with your colleagues in your union gear and posting it on social media with the hashtag #APWUnited—and send it to us at nccc@apwu.org so we can share it from our official accounts!

We must send a clear signal to management that we are #APWUnited, and we’ll do it every Thursday by wearing our gear and posting our photos online to rally our communities behind us.

Join us tomorrow by wearing your APWU gear, and don’t forget to post your photos on your social media with the hashtag #APWUnited and send them to us at nccc@apwu.org.

In unity,
The National Contract Campaign Committee

P.S., If you don’t have gear, ask your shop steward if there is a sticker or a button you can wear, or order some at apwustore.org, so you can join in!

Working people stopped right to work in Missouri

Mike Louis, Missouri AFL-CI, sent us an email to share a major victory for Missouri.

CONGRATULATIONS MISSOURI!!!

Working women and men in Missouri turned out a huge “NO” vote on ballot measure Proposition A yesterday and rejected harmful “right to work” laws that were passed in the state Legislature  last year.

This victory belongs to working people. It was our phone calls, our door knocks and, ultimately, our vote that had the final say.

Share our graphic to celebrate Missouri’s momentous win for the entire labor movement.

Working families have stood united against this anti-worker legislation since the very beginning. Right to work is a threat to the stability of our families and communities. Stopping the passage of right to work in Missouri helps our momentum to fight this bad legislation nationally.

Our win yesterday proves yet again that working people are fired up and will not relent in our fight for a level economic playing field and the freedom for all workers to collectively bargain for higher wages, better benefits, and a loud, clear voice on the job.

Thank you for standing with us and supporting our work here for Missouri’s workers and the entire labor movement. It would mean a lot to us if you would proudly share this graphic. It is, after all, a win for all working people.

Share this graphic to congratulate Missouri workers on defeating Prop A and celebrate the labor movement’s win in Missouri yesterday.