VACANCY MOU SIGNED BY NPMHU
The NPMHU and the Postal Service have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding aimed at the Filling of Residual Vacancies in postal installations that are not subject to withholding under Article 12. The MOU provides a path for the conversion of MHAs into career positions, following implementation of several steps aimed at providing current career employees with opportunities to fill such vacancies in compliance with various provisions of the National Agreement.
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TWO LOCAL PRESIDENTS ADDED TO COMMITTEE ON THE FUTURE
National President Paul Hogrogian recently made two additional appointments to the NPMHU’s Committee on the Future: Pervous (Andy B.) Badilishamwalimu, President of Local 310, and Jeff Larsen, President of Local 323, will be joining the Committee. “We are in tumultuous times, and everything is at risk. To solidify our future, we must remain prepared to react to renewed threats of closures and consolidations, the never ending attempts to subcontract craft work, the threat of harmful legislation, and complex jurisdictional battles,” said Hogrogian.
COLA NOTICE
Based on the August 19, 2015 release of the July 2015 Consumer Price Index (CPI-W), the sixth of seven possible cost-of living adjustments (COLAs) for Mail Handlers, as outlined in Article 9.3 of the 2011 National Agreement, will not result in an increase to the Mail Handler wage scales. Despite six consecutive monthly increases in the CPI index leading to the July 2015 index point, that index remains slightly below the index high-point posted in July 2014. The remaining possible COLA adjustment, allowed for in the 2011 National Agreement, will be determined based on the release of the January 2016 index.
