Home
Forums
New posts
Search forums
What's new
New posts
Latest activity
Members
Current visitors
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Search forums
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Home
Forums
Brown Cafe UPS Forum
UPS Discussions
COLA
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="JonFrum" data-source="post: 999879" data-attributes="member: 18044"><p>Article 33 requires that the Cost Of Living Index rise about 3.5% from May of one year to May of the next year before we are entitled to a COLA on August 1st.</p><p></p><p>Of the three Cost Of Living Indexes the Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes, we are covered by the boldfaced one below, <u>not</u> the other two. It is not "Seasonally Adjusted." It covers "All Items."</p><p></p><p>The Labor Department stopped highlighting our <strong>CPI-W</strong> in its monthly press releases earlier this year. They still publish it, but it's not so easy to find. </p><p>- - - -</p><p> </p><p>The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) increased 1.7 percent over the last 12 months to an index level of 229.815 (1982-84=100).</p><p> </p><p><strong>The Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) increased 1.6 percent over the last 12 months to an index level of 226.600 (1982-84=100).</strong></p><p><strong></strong> </p><p>The Chained Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (C-CPI-U) increased 1.6 percent over the last 12 months.</p><p>- - - -</p><p>The Press Release is here . . .</p><p><a href="http://www.bls.gov/news.release/archives/cpi_06142012.htm" target="_blank">Consumer Price Index News Release</a></p><p></p><p>The CPI home page that explains everything is here . . .</p><p><a href="http://www.bls.gov/cpi/home.htm" target="_blank">Consumer Price Index (CPI)</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JonFrum, post: 999879, member: 18044"] Article 33 requires that the Cost Of Living Index rise about 3.5% from May of one year to May of the next year before we are entitled to a COLA on August 1st. Of the three Cost Of Living Indexes the Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes, we are covered by the boldfaced one below, [U]not[/U] the other two. It is not "Seasonally Adjusted." It covers "All Items." The Labor Department stopped highlighting our [B]CPI-W[/B] in its monthly press releases earlier this year. They still publish it, but it's not so easy to find. - - - - The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) increased 1.7 percent over the last 12 months to an index level of 229.815 (1982-84=100). [B]The Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) increased 1.6 percent over the last 12 months to an index level of 226.600 (1982-84=100). [/B] The Chained Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (C-CPI-U) increased 1.6 percent over the last 12 months. - - - - The Press Release is here . . . [url=http://www.bls.gov/news.release/archives/cpi_06142012.htm]Consumer Price Index News Release[/url] The CPI home page that explains everything is here . . . [url=http://www.bls.gov/cpi/home.htm]Consumer Price Index (CPI)[/url] [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Home
Forums
Brown Cafe UPS Forum
UPS Discussions
COLA
Top