Carriers also receive three 1.3% raises, with two of them applied retroactively.Start the day smarter. Get all the news you need in your inbox each morning. "After almost 20 months of tireless negotiations,

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,

Some 200,000 letter 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

All city carriers will get three annual pay increases of 1.3% each by 2025, some of which will be paid retroactively from November 2023.

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 deal was reached Friday but still needs to be ratified by union members. Mail carriers have been working without a contract for more than a year.