Latest CPI Rise Will Yield $812 Annual Increase
The final Cost-Of-Living Adjustment under the National Agreement will give APWU-craft employees an annual raise of $812.
The Consumer Price Index rose slightly in July, the last month of the latest six-month Cost-Of-Living Adjustment measuring...
Local Negotiations Period Set
As a result of the ratification of the contract extension, local unions and management will have an opportunity to negotiate changes to local agreements during the 60-day period from Oct. 3 through Dec. 1, 2005, APWU President William Burrus has...
APWU, Postal Service Announce Tentative Agreement on Contract Extension
APWU President William Burrus announced June 28 that the union and the USPS have reached a tentative agreement on a one-year extension of the Collective Bargaining Agreement, which is due to expire Nov. 20.
ALSO: Highlights of the Tentative...
For Social Security Recipients:
The 2015 Social Security COLA is based on the third quarter (July, August, September) average CPI-W index in 2014 over the 2013 third quarter average. After the fourth quarter of 2013, the first quarter of the 2015 COLA adjustment period, the...
Happy Birthday, EAP
On Nov.12, the USPS Employees Assistance Program turned 40 years old. The first postal EAP program — then known as the Program for Alcoholic Recovery (PAR) — opened its doors in San Francisco. From those humble beginnings, the postal EAP has grown...