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terry2972
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election

Post by terry2972 »

Not having worked a general election before when will the election material start and will we be snowed under?
IcanthelpthewayIam
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Re: election

Post by IcanthelpthewayIam »

Material will prob start about mid to end of march, it's not that bad to be honest usually like a couple of extra d2d per week and the the week before an increase again

Make sure your rep starts the negotiations with Dom ASAP about election payments the rate is locally agreed (usually they keep to the historic rate) upto 6p per item some areas get as little as 3p but get rep to insist on the max
korky
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Re: election

Post by korky »

terry2972 wrote:Not having worked a general election before when will the election material start and will we be snowed under?
guess at early to mid april,
the ££ signs will light up, can earn so decent coin, unless the union demands its done for free :left:
arnold cheshire
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Re: election

Post by arnold cheshire »

zx135 wrote:Material will prob start about mid to end of march, it's not that bad to be honest usually like a couple of extra d2d per week and the the week before an increase again

Make sure your rep starts the negotiations with Dom ASAP about election payments the rate is locally agreed (usually they keep to the historic rate) upto 6p per item some areas get as little as 3p but get rep to insist on the max
fresh lots of d2d every day and loads of addressed items
arnold cheshire
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Re: election

Post by arnold cheshire »

terry2972 wrote:Not having worked a general election before when will the election material start and will we be snowed under?
its worse than xmas
villan
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Re: election

Post by villan »

The big three parties often send out individually addressed items, sometimes to more than one person at the same address. This means that on some days you get several hundred extra items that you have to put in the correct frame slots. For the smaller parties you'll get unaddressed items which you treat as D2Ds.

If you've got a sensible DOM :hmmmm you'll be able to spread the material out over a few days.
terry2972
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Re: election

Post by terry2972 »

Doesn't sound much fun at least it doesn't happen every year