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  Maybe the union has finally realised that strike action could actually see the death of Royal Mail. From personal experience I know that at least some of the competitors in the industry have been doing rather well out of it all. One TNT depot I visit increased their throughput by nearly three times in the run up to Friday's (postponed) strike.
  
  On the other hand it seems that we're not being told the full story by the media either. There was much made of the withdrawl of contracts by such customers as Amazon. As far as I can ascertain this was certainly true on the domestic mail side, but at the same time Amazon's throughput on the international side of Royal Mail increased by 30%. Of course good news of this sort doesn't sell newspapers.
  
  From my outsider's perspective Royal Mail has done a great deal to streamline their operation. You only have to see the mechanisation installed in some of the depots to realise automated sorting has made things much easier and more efficient for Royal Mail. At the same time this has meant reductions in manpower and, I suppose, cost savings. Naturally enough the union doesn't like the manpower reductions any more than the staff that get laid off because their jobs are now down by a machine. History repeating itself?
  
  I'm sure I'm not alone in hoping that Royal Mail doesn't go to the wall as I really don't want to see another national institution taken over by a foreign competitor.

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