APWU-Represented Employees Covered by the National Agreement Receive Retroactive Payments April 10

POSTED APRIL 6, 2026

APWU-represented employees covered by the 2024-2027 National Agreement received the retroactive payments owed to them in their April 10 paychecks. These include members of the Clerk, Maintenance, Motor Vehicle Service, Operating Services, and Material Support Crafts. Employees will see the retroactive payments listed on their paychecks as multiple “adjustments.”

To fully understand the retroactive payments, each person should download the full pay stub available to them on the USPS employee website. Pay stubs could be over 10 pages long. An explanation on how to read the pay stubs and understand the adjustment is found here (Retro Pay Explanation and Example Paystub) . Each employee’s retroactive payment is based on the individual hours that they were paid to work and for paid leave. Thus, no retroactive payment will be the same. Only employees who were paid under one of the APWU Pay Schedules (denoted by letters P, C, or K) will receive a retroactive payment. If an employee was detailed to a non-bargaining unit position (204-b), they were paid under the Executive and Administrative Schedule (EAS) pay schedule and will not receive a retroactive payment. Employees who were paid by the Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs (OWCP) will also not receive a retroactive payment from the Postal Service.

The APWU-represented employees entitled to receive this retroactive payment will receive pay adjustments as follows:

• Pay Period 25-2024 through Pay Period 18-2025 (20 Pay Periods)

  • 1.3% General Wage Increase (all employees)

• Pay Period 07-2025 through Pay Period 18-2025 (14 pay periods)

  • $0.19 per hour Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA) (career employees only)

• Pay Periods 25-2024 through Pay Period 18-2025 (20 Pay Periods)

  • Additional 1% for Postal Support Employees (PSEs)

If, after pulling the full paystub and reviewing it, an employee believes they did not receive their retroactive pay, or their retroactive pay is incorrect, they should print out their pay stub and ask their state or local steward or officer to review it. State and local officers can reach out to the Industrial Relations Department for review at that time. Please email a copy of the full pay stub in question to Lee Branca at Lbranca@apwu.org for review and consultation.

Employees will also receive an additional general pay increase of 1.5% effective November 14, with PSEs receiving an additional 1% increase at the same time. Career employees will also receive three more cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) increases based on the movement of the Consumer Price Index (CPI-W (1967=100)) during the remaining term of the National Agreement. Additionally, employees who have not reached the top step of their respective pay grade will continue to receive step increases.