Mail carriers reach tentative contract with USPS that includes pay raises, air-conditioned trucks

Some 200,000 mail carriers have reached a tentative contract deal with the U.S. Postal Service that includes backdated pay raises and a promise to provide workers with air-conditioned trucks.

The new agreement, which still needs to be ratified by union members, runs through Nov. 2026. Letter deliverers have been working without a contract since May 2023.

Both the union and the Postal Service welcomed the agreement, which was announced Friday.