9¢ COLA Application Using August and September Data, Effective December 5, 2025

Effective December 5, 2025, members on the active payroll will receive a 9-cent cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) based on August and September 2025 CPI Index data.

Typically, COLA is calculated for a three-month period (August, September, and October), but due to the government shutdown and staffing shortages, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) was unable to collect data from October 2025. (BLS News) As a result, the COLA calculation can only use August and September numbers at this time.

Section 6.4(b)(4) of the IAM/Boeing Contract provides a path for the parties to attempt resolution if the index is revised or discontinued. In this case, we are addressing the lost data from the month of October 2025.

According to a statement on the BLS website, the BLS may never calculate the October 2025 data for the contractually identified index. If the October 2025 data is released and results in an increased COLA, members will receive the increase at that time. If BLS does not release the October data, then the percentage of change calculation required in the formula will use the 3-month average of November 2025, December 2025, and January 2026 compared to the 2-month average of the August and September 2025 calculation, capturing any change in COLA occurring in October 2025. Members would see this adjustment in the next quarter's payout, scheduled for March 2026.