WASHINGTON — The Postal Service and the American Postal Workers Union have reached a tentative agreement on a new contract, they said yesterday.
If ratified by union members, the deal would run through May 20, 2015, and cover about 205,000 employees.
The union said the agreement calls for raises totaling 3.5 percent in three steps and protects jobs.
In separate negotiations, the post office and the 67,000-member National Rural Letter Carriers Association are still talking. Contracts with two other unions expire in November.
