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About Us
Welcome to the website of the South West Utilities (SWU) Branch of UNISON.
We're the union for energy and water staff in the South West, campaigning and negotiating for workers across the sector in a wide range of roles from administration to cleaners, researchers to field staff, customer service to Data Analyst and many more.
Our Members
UNISON members are people working in the public services, for private contractors providing public services and the essential utilities. We include frontline staff and managers working full or part time in local authorities, Universities, the NHS, the police service, colleges and schools, the electricity, gas and water industries, transport and the voluntary sector.
Our Stewards
We have a team of accredited local representatives made up of workers within the utility industry. Are you interested in helping your colleagues at work? Contact Us for more information.
Our Campaign
UNISON campaigns and lobbies on key issues affecting our members and the public at large. We're working to protect and improve public services, win equal pay and employment rights for everyone, improve safety in the workplace and end discrimination and harassment at work. What would you most like to change at work? Get in touch to tell us
If you're in a union, you're never alone.
We live in unsettling times. The cost of living crisis has put demand on members to deliver a service to customers in hardship whilst facing these issues themselves, this means more pressure on staff. There has never been a more important time to ensure you have the protection and power of being in a union. We stand together to look after one another, ensure your concerns are listened to and acted on, and win a better quality of life, at work and beyond.
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The Team
We have a team of accredited local representatives made up of workers across the branch.
Are you interested in helping your colleagues at work? Contact us for more information.
Donna Riddle
- Branch Secretary
- Disabilities Officer
- Equalities Officer
- Education Co-Ordinator
- International Relations Officer
- Accredited Steward
- Health & Safety Representative
- Equalities Representative
- UNISON Learning Representative
Julie Parkin
- Branch Chair
- Membership Officer
- Accredited Steward
- Health & Safety Representative
Kim Gibbins
- Branch Treasurer
- Accredited Steward
- Health & Safety Representative
Alison Marsh
- Branch H&S Officer
- Accredited Steward
- Health & Safety Representative
Carolyn Everson
- Welfare Officer
- Accredited Steward
- Health & Safety Representative
Jacqueline Bonas
- Retired Members Officer
Nat Samuel
- LGBT+ Officer
- Accredited Steward
- Workplace Contact
Shane Ollivro
- Retired Members Secretary
- Retired Members Officer
Bessim Mohamed Raza
- Health & Safety Representative
- Accredited Steward
Dominika Hall
- Accredited Steward
- UNISON Learning Representative
Joanna Brown
- Health & Safety Representative
- Accredited Steward
Karen Widdowson
- Accredited Steward
Lesley Pengelly
- Accredited Steward
- Health & Safety Representative
Louise Howells
- Accredited Steward
- Health & Safety Representative
Lucy Lewis
- Health & Safety Representative
- Accredited Steward
Sharon Harris
- Accredited Steward
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UNISON South West Utilities
Gadeon House, Grenadier Road, Exeter Business Park, EXETER, EX1 3UT