Birmingham Postal Workers Protest Reform. Maybe USPS Workers Should Focus On The Failed Mission of Timely Delivery of Mail Instead

Protestors Gather at Birmingham USPS

"... Postal workers and others have expressed concern about comments by President Donald Trump suggesting he might place the USPS under the umbrella of the U.S. Commerce Secretary.

Protestors believe the suggestion is a step toward privatizing the agency, which according to Birmingham Postal Union leader Harry “Traveling Shoes” Turner, has many workers “scared to death” of losing their jobs.

“You got some that’s at retirement. So they know that they can just leave..."   
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Huntsville, Alabama | USPS mail carrier overturns near Mathis Mountain Road SE

"... HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WAFF) - A USPS mail carrier overturned Sunday afternoon near Mathis Mountain Road SE. WAFF was on the scene of the incident. We have reached out to Huntsville Police for more information ..."   
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Alabama | US Postal Service mail vehicle hit by gunfire in Birmingham

"... U.S. Postal Inspectors and the Birmingham Police Department responded to investigate the incident.

According to officials, a suspect fired several shots in the direction of a USPS letter carrier. At least one of those shots hit the windshield of the vehicle, but the postal worker was not injured. The carrier was taken to an area hospital to make sure they weren’t hit by glass fragments.

No one is in custody..."   
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Women can be prosecuted for taking abortion pills, says Alabama attorney general

"“Promoting the remote prescription and administration of abortion pills endangers both women and unborn children,” Marshall said in an email. “Elective abortion—including abortion pills—is illegal in Alabama. Nothing about the Justice Department’s guidance changes that. Anyone who remotely prescribes abortion pills in Alabama does so at their own peril: I will vigorously enforce Alabama law to protect unborn life.”...Officials at the U.S. Department of Justice issued an opinion that carriers with the U.S. Postal Service could deliver pills in states that banned abortion. The new rules will expand access through telehealth and mail-order pharmacies but could set up clashes with anti-abortion states such as Alabama. ..."   
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