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,

NALC National President Brian Renfroe said the tentative agreement represents the union’s largest general wage increase, on average, since its 2006 contract.

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.

The deal would run through Nov. 7, 2026, and would hike the pay of 200,000 union carriers and expand their fleet of air conditioned vans.