![]() By November 2021, the Level 4 rate will be at $17.36.Īll career Mail Handlers employed as of Septemwill be protected against layoff or force reduction, in the usual manner. And, of course, protection against future inflation is precisely why the COLA provision remains a crucial component of the National Agreement.įor MHAs, at Level 4, the rate that started in 2013 at $13.75, and has recently been $16.21, will immediately go to $16.55 per hour retroactively effective in November 2019. When projected COLA payments are added at an estimate of $250 per semi-annual COLA, at top step for career employees there will be an additional $1,500 in base wage increases – over and above the general wage increases described above – during the term of the 2019 National Agreement. Higher amounts will be applicable for a Level 5 Mail Handler at top step. MHAs will receive their own set of wage increases, with overtime pay after 8 hours in a day, and with new conversion opportunities.įor a Level 4 Mail Handler at top step, the wage increases during the 2019 National Agreement – not including COLA – will total $2,370, including $668 retroactively effective in November 2019 $607 effective in November 2020 and $1,093 effective in November 2021. ![]() The Union’s top priorities have been met, with general wage increases and COLAs secured, new language eliminating casuals to be replaced by unionized MHAs, improving wages and work rules for MHAs, and updating night differential by percentage increases for the first time in decades.įor career employees, general wage increases will occur four times during the agreement, and there will be six Cost of Living Adjustments (COLAs). ![]() The new contract covers a period of three years, to expire at midnight on September 20, 2022. This agreement is subject to a ratification vote of the entire NPMHU membership, which will commence in January 2020. MHAs GET RAISES, OVERTIME AFTER 8 HOURS PER DAY, MORE HEALTH INSURANCE OPTIONS AND CONDITIONAL ONE-TIME CONVERSION TO FULL-TIME STATUSĪfter several months of extended bargaining since the initial Septemdeadline, the NPMHU has reached a tentative agreement with the Postal Service to finalize the terms of the 2019 National Agreement. NPMHU AND USPS ANNOUNCE SETTLEMENT ON TERMS OF 2019 NATIONAL AGREEMENTģ YEARS, 4 WAGE INCREASES, AND 6 COLA PAYMENTS
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