Posts tagged Wells Fargo Workers United
US senators demand Wells Fargo welcome employee unions
September 18, 2025 // A group of Democratic senators called on Wells Fargo (WFC.N), opens new tab to end its alleged campaign against employee unions, saying a more constructive approach could address a toxic workplace culture and help the bank recover from scandals that prevented it from growing.
Wells Fargo shareholders reject union-busting audit
May 3, 2024 // Wells Fargo shareholders rejected a proposal Tuesday to appoint a third-party monitor that would have examined whether the bank was impeding employees’ unionization rights, according to American Banker.
Bethel bank employees postpone unionizing vote
December 26, 2023 // Walker Sexton, a personal banker, had filed notice of a union election to join Communications Workers of America’s Wells Fargo Workers United cancelled their vote on Wednesday, the day that a Wells branch in Albuquerque, N.M., voted to create the first unionized branch of any major U.S. bank. Communications Workers of America is a division of UNI Global Union, an international union that is a staunch critic of Israel and that does not condemn Hamas terrorist operations. The abandonment of the union vote effort left Rep. Mary Peltola holding the bag. The “worker power” effort had the full support of Peltola, who wrote last month, “Worker power doesn’t stop where the road system ends. I’m excited to see workers standing together in my hometown of Bethel.” Global unions demand international protection and justice for the people of Palestine Peltola comes out in favor of bankers union But not everyone in the bank seems to have agreed with Peltola.
Wells Fargo unionization proposal falters
May 5, 2023 // Wells Fargo shareholders voted against the creation of a policy that would have formally outlined framework supportive of worker unionization last week. The measure, which garnered 36% shareholder support, was deemed “unnecessary and not in the best interests of our employees or shareholders” ahead of the bank’s April 25 annual meeting, according to a proxy statement.
Wells Fargo employees pushing to organize union across bank’s workforce
June 3, 2022 // Workers at Wells Fargo with the Committee for Better Banks met with Wells Fargo’s CEO, Charles Scharf, in December 2020 over workers’ concerns with company policies, pay and benefits, but have been pushing for a follow-up meeting, to discuss recent scandals such as the fake diversity interviews.