Effective August 31, 2019, all career Mail Handler craft employees are scheduled to receive another cost-of-living (COLA) adjustment as outlined in Article 9.3 of the 2016 National Agreement.  This is the final possible COLA increase under the terms of the current agreement.  This COLA increase is based on the upward change in the relevant Consumer Price Index (CPI) following release of the July 2019 Index, and provides an annual increase of $624 for all Steps in Table 1 and for Step P of Table 2.  The remaining Steps in Table 2 will receive the proportional COLA increase percentages as outlined in Article 9.3 of the National Agreement.  Updated wages charts will be posted on the national website at npmhu.org soon and will be distributed in the August Update.

Wage Chart Effective August 31, 2019 (pdf)

Wage Chart w/ lv 6 (pdf)