(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - The American Postal Workers Union (APWU) and the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) have reached agreement on a new three-year tentative contract, APWU President and Lead Negotiator Mark Dimondstein announced.

The deal runs retro-actively from September 21st, 2024, through September 20th, 2027.

In accordance with the APWU Constitution, it was presented by the National Negotiating Committee to the Rank-and-File Bargaining Advisory Committee on June 4th (2025), which unanimously approved the Tentative Agreement for a ratification vote by Membership.

APWU President Dimondstein said: “This is great news for Postal Workers! Negotiations are never easy and have been hard-fought. We have secured an agreement that continues to protect the rights and interests of our Members in uncertain times. We have been negotiating when Government Workers and our Unions are under severe assault and with the specter of postal privatization looming.  Yet even in this environment, the tentative National Agreement contains annual wage increases, six full Cost-Of-Living Adjustments for career Employees, no-layoff protections including for tens of thousands of Members with less than six years’ service, fifty-mile limits on excessing, elimination of some entry level steps, restoration of one more top step in  pay grades four-through-seven on the lower tier pay scale, increase in uniform allowances, and much more. All these gains were accomplished with no givebacks or concessions. A 'yes' vote will secure the provisions and advances of the tentative agreement.”

The APWU is now preparing to mail a ballot to every one of its Membership with voting instructions and information on the agreement.

It is expected that the American Arbitration Association will begin mailing ballots by June 16th, with a return deadline of July 10th.

For More On This Labor News Story, As Well As Further Specifics Of The Tentative Agreement, Go To: APWU, USPS Reach Tentative Agreement on New Union Contract! | American Postal Workers Union