$812 COLA INCREASE TO BE ADDED TO WAGES

The following pay charts reflect the final guaranteed cost-of-living adjustment to be paid to all mail handlers under the 2000 National Agreement.  That COLA has been set at $812, based on changes in the National Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) for the period running from January 2006 through July 2006.  This COLA is being added to wages effective September 2, 2006, and will be reflected in paychecks on September 22, 2006.  The COLA of $812 represents an increase of 39 cents per hour, and is the largest COLA adjustment paid to mail handlers since 1980.

Mail Handlers (RSC M) Schedule
Full-Time Annual Basic Rates
Effective September 2, 2006 (PP 19-2006)
Full-Time Regular - Level 4
Step		Yearly		Hourly		BiWeekly		Overtime
A		31,622		15.20		1,216.23		22.80
B		36,779		17.68		1,414.58		26.52
C		39,216		18.85		1,508.31		28.28
D		42,804		20.58		1,646.31		30.87
E		43,093		20.72		1,657.42		31.08
F		43,388		20.86		1,668.77		31.29
G		43,675		21.00		1,679.81		31.50
H		43,967		21.14		1,691.04		31.71
I		44,258		21.28		1,702.23		31.92
J		44,554		21.42		1,713.62		32.13
K		44,842		21.56		1,724.69		32.34
L		45,133		21.70		1,735.88		32.55
M		45,425		21.84		1,747.12		32.76
N		45,714		21.98		1,758.23		32.97
O		46,005		22.12		1,769.42		33.18
Full-Time Regular - Level 5
Step		Yearly		Hourly		BiWeekly		Overtime
A		33,072		15.90		1,272.00		23.85
B		38,583		18.55		1,483.96		27.83
C		41,088		19.75		1,580.31		29.63
D		43,512		20.92		1,673.54		31.38
E		43,824		21.07		1,685.54		31.61
F		44,141		21.22		1,697.73		31.83
G		44,449		21.37		1,709.58		32.06
H		44,764		21.52		1,721.69		32.28
I		45,081		21.67		1,733.88		32.51
J		45,391		21.82		1,745.81		32.73
K		45,705		21.97		1,757.88		32.96
L		46,014		22.12		1,769.77		33.18
M		46,331		22.27		1,781.96		33.41
N		46,644		22.43		1,794.00		33.65
O		46,956		22.58		1,806.00		33.87
Part-Time Regular and Flexible Employees - Hourly Basic Rates
Level 4
	(Part-Time Regulars)				(Part-Time Flexible)
	Step		Hourly		Step		Hourly
	A		15.20		A		15.81
	B		17.68		B		18.39
	C		18.85		C		19.61
	D		20.58		D		21.40
	E		20.72		E		21.55
	F		20.86		F		21.69
	G		21.00		G		21.84
	H		21.14		H		21.98
	I		21.28		I		22.13
	J		21.42		J		22.28
	K		21.56		K		22.42
	L		21.70		L		22.57
	M		21.84		M		22.71
	N		21.98		N		22.86
	O		22.12		O		23.00