About

The UNISON Manweb Branch includes all members who work for ScottishPower and associated companies in the Merseyside and North Wales (Manweb) area.  The majority of members are concentrated in the two call centres in Warrington and Wrexham.  There are also a number of members in the Prenton and Queensferry offices as well as groups of members scattered amongst smaller offices and workplaces from Aberystwyth to Liverpool.  

All the main workplaces are represented by elected stewards, who are trained by the union to represent members and negotiate on your behalf alongside the union’s full time officers. If there is no steward in your location then you may wish to consider putting yourself forward.  

The Branch Officers, elected at the Annual meeting each year are responsible, along with the stewards for the day to day running of the branch.  Every six weeks the officers and stewards meet at the Branch Committee to oversee the administration and management of union activity and discuss the key issues and policies affecting members.  

The branch shares an office with United Utilities Branch in Birchwood. The office handles all post, maintains branch records, keeps minutes of meetings, deals with phone calls, arranges bookings and provides key administrative assistance to the elected Branch Secretary. For contact details see our contacts page.  

Our branch has played an important role over many years in campaigning for the interests of our members and fighting to retain a strong and effective presence in the workplace.  It is a testimony to the hard work of many stewards, officers and particularly members that we continue to represent the overwhelming majority of the office-based workforce.  

Since the privatisation of the Electricity Industry in 1990 we have faced many challenges including the takeover by ScottishPower, the breakdown into business units and business bargaining, integration of terms and conditions with colleagues in Scotland, outsourcing of jobs and businesses, off-shoring of work to India and the merger with Iberdola in 2007.  Yet throughout this period UNISON has always sought to protect jobs, and the terms and conditions of members as far as possible and working alongside other recognised trade unions has achieved many successes.  

We will only be able to maintain our influence and strength through the continued support of existing members and by recruiting new members who are prepared to struggle to the same extent as those who have gone before.  We welcome you to UNISON and encourage you to not just join the union but to take part in the activities, attend meetings, speak up and be heard and make sure your union is fighting for you.