Negotiations with two other unions continue

The Postal Service and the American Postal Workers Union (APWU) have reached a tentative four-year contract agreement. Upon ratification by union members, the agreement will run through Nov. 20, 2010, and affect approximately 272,000 career employees in the Clerk, Maintenance and Motor Vehicle crafts.

In announcing the agreement today, Labor Relations Vice President Doug Tulino said, “We believe this tentative agreement is in the best interests of our customers, our employees and all postal stakeholders.”

The Postal Service and the APWU formally opened national contract negotiations on Aug. 29, 2006. This year was the first time new contracts were negotiated separately at the same time with all four of the Postal Service’s largest unions. Negotiations continue with two other unions, the National Rural Letter Carriers’ Association and the National Postal Mail Handlers Union. Negotiations with the National Association of Letter Carriers were not successful and the two parties will now enter the dispute resolution process, which may include binding interest arbitration.

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