According to Section 9.3, Cost of Living Adjustment:
 
A. Definitions
1. "Consumer  Price  Index"  refers  to  the  "National  Consumer 
Price  Index  for  Urban  Wage  Earners  and  Clerical  Workers,"  published  by  the  Bureau  of  Labor  Statistics, United 
States  Department  of  Labor  (1967=100)  and  referred to herein as the "Index."
2. "Consumer Price Index Base" refers to the Consumer Price Index  for  the  month of July 2014 and is referred to  herein  as the "Base Index."
B. Effective Dates of Adjustment: 
Each eligible employee covered by this Agreement shall receive cost-of-living  adjustments,  upward,  in  accordance  with  the  formula in 4.C, below, effective on the following dates:
   - the  second  full  pay  period  after  the  release  of  the January 2018 Index (More reading here)... . 
Note: The BLS states the release date of the January 2018 CPI data are scheduled to be released on February 14, 2018, at 8:30 A.M. Eastern Time. 
 Thus, in the event CPI has risen to the level needed to garner a COLA based on the aforementioned information, the next COLA would be in March checks since the January 2018 CPI data are scheduled to be released on February 14, 2018.
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