COLA Announced: Federal Retirement Annuities Will Rise in 2012

Federal retirees will receive a cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) to their civil service annuities beginning in January 2012. Retirees in the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) will receive a 3.6 percent increase to their annuities, while retirees in the Federal Employee Retirement System (FERS) will receive a 2.6 percent increase to their annuities. To trigger a […]

NALC: Letter carriers will get $978 COLA increase Effective Sept 10

September COLA announced: Letter carriers will receive their first cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) in three years in September. The COLA will amount to 47 cents per hour ($978 annually). Contract COLAs, which have been provided by our collective-bargaining agreements since 1971, are based on changes in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) every six months. However, due […]

NALC: Latest COLA Stands At $1,019

PRNote: With one month to go,$1019 may be the second largest COLA in bargaining history Ninth contract Cost Of Living Adjustment (COLA): $1,019 annually. The projected accumulation toward the ninth and final contract COLA under the 2006-2011 National Agreement stands at $1,019 annually following the June release of the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for May. […]

NALC: Final Contract COLA Under 2006-2011 Agreement Stands at $832

The projected accumulation toward the ninth and final contract COLA under the 2006-2011 National Agreement stands at $832 following the May 13 release of the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for March. This final COLA of the National Agreement will be based on the July 2011 CPI. 2012 Retiree COLA: 2.9% The projected accumulation for the […]

NALC: Final Contract COLA Under 2006-2011 Agreement Stands at $561

From NALC: Ninth contract COLA: $561 The projected accumulation toward the ninth and final contract COLA under the 2006-2011 National Agreement stands at $561 following the April 15 release of the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for March. This final COLA of the National Agreement will be based on the July 2011 CPI. 2012 Retiree COLA: […]

APWU: Final Cost of Living Adjustment Under 2006 Contract Is ZERO..Again!

In July, the Consumer Price Index (CPI-W) rose to 637.138, still well below the July 2008 index of 644.303 (upon which the last COLA increase was based). The CPI-W needed to rise above 644.303 before another COLA was due. After the final month of the six-month measuring period, the eighth and final COLA under the […]

Federal Retirees Won’t Get COLAs Next Year

Federal retirees who have grown accustomed to cost-of-living adjustments each and every January are in for a rude awakening when they get their first benefit payment in 2010. So what’s likely to happen? Nothing. That is, no increase at all. A no-cal COLA! Monthly payments to the millions under Social Security, federal civil service or […]