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Wyoming Wells Fargo Bank Branch Employees Latest Group to Win Freedom from Unwanted CWA Union Bosses
June 11, 2026 // CWA officials initially attempted to disenfranchise the employees using the NLRB’s “blocking charge” policy, which allows unions to delay, or even block entirely, worker-demanded decertification votes with unproven allegations against an employer. However, when Foundation staff attorneys pushed back against the blocking charges, the CWA dropped them, likely because the NLRB would have otherwise dismissed them as meritless. At that point, with a decertification vote unavoidable, CWA union bosses simply “disclaimed” representation at the branch rather than face an overwhelming election defeat. Now the NLRB has accepted the disclaimer and formally revoked the union’s certification as the workers “exclusive representative.”
Delaware Wells Fargo Branch Employees Latest to Remove CWA Union
May 19, 2026 // Employees at a Wells Fargo branch in Wilmington, Delaware, have successfully ousted Communications Workers of America (CWA) union bosses from their workplace. The effort to remove the union was initiated when bank employee Nancy Horsky filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), seeking a “decertification” election to remove the CWA as the bargaining representative at her Wells Fargo branch. Horsky filed the petition for her coworkers with free legal aid from the National Right to Work Foundation.
‘Power in the hands of people’: union leaders push to revive ailing US labor movement
April 15, 2026 // Leaders of some of the largest unions in the US have unveiled a drive to jumpstart the country’s ailing labor movement and combat growing wealth inequality under Donald Trump. To make it easier for workers to join a union, and strengthen the hand of new unions negotiating with powerful businesses, a string of prominent organizers joined together to launch Union Now, a non-profit designed to increase labor union density.
Florida Wells Fargo Workers Successfully Remove CWA Union
March 30, 2026 // Employees at the Lakewood Plaza location of Wells Fargo in Spring Hill, FL, have successfully forced Communications Workers of America (CWA) union officials out of power at their workplace. The effort to remove the union kicked off earlier this month, when bank employee Virginia Fenton filed a petition asking the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to hold a union decertification vote at the Spring Hill Wells Fargo branch. Fenton filed the petition with free legal aid from the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation.
Overwhelming Majority of Wyoming Wells Fargo Bank Branch Employees Back Petition for Vote to Remove CWA Union Bosses
March 26, 2026 // Employees at Wells Fargo’s Casper branch have filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) seeking a “decertification” election to remove the Communications Workers of America (CWA) union bosses from their workplace. The workers’ efforts are spearheaded by Megan Wright, who filed the petition with free legal aid from the National Right to Work Foundation.
Wells Fargo location in Connecticut votes against unionizing
January 11, 2026 // Thirty-one of Wells’ 4,000-some branches have filed for union election since 2023, and 27 of those branches – plus the bank’s conduct management intake department – have voted in favor of unionizing. The North Colony branch joins branches in Atwater, California, and Belleview, Florida in voting against the move.
Teachers’ union AFT slams crypto market bill, warns of ‘profound risks’ for America’s retirement plans
December 11, 2025 // The American Federation of Teachers, the powerful labor union that represents 1.8 million members, is urging the Senate Banking Committee to reconsider its crypto market structure bill, the Responsible Financial Innovation Act, calling the proposed legislation “as irresponsible as it is reckless” in a letter exclusively obtained by CNBC. In the letter that AFT president Randi Weingarten sent to Senate Banking Committee Chairman Tim Scott (R-SC) and Ranking Member Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), she wrote the union opposes the bill based on the “profound risks to the pensions of working families and the overall stability of the economy.”
The future of white-collar work may be unionized
October 10, 2025 // “The way layoffs happened at Google, where it wasn’t clear what the reason for people getting laid off was, definitely created a sense of job insecurity and mistrust,” says Parul Koul, a software engineer at Google and president of the Alphabet Workers Union. Another driver has been artificial intelligence threatening to replace entry-level knowledge work. Few white-collar industries epitomize the challenge of integrating AI into workflows more than the practice of law. While many legal experts say AI will have a transformative impact by automating repetitive research tasks, some also fear it will dilute entry-level associate roles at law firms.
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.
Can JPMorgan be unionized? Employees turn to their peers at Wells Fargo for advice.
June 9, 2025 // Recently, JPMorgan’s organizers hosted a virtual conference with a unionizer who was associated with Wells Fargo’s effort to “share lessons discovered,” according to an e-mail shown members previously today. The Wells Fargo drive, which is likewise supported by a union called the Committee for Better Banks, has actually extended on for 2 years with little success. ” Develop trust before going public.” ” Usage natural work environment discussions (e.g. breaks, lunch, text discussions) to check the waters and construct self-confidence.” ” Talk beyond deal with coworkers to evaluate their belief.” ” Keep management in the dark about the procedure.” ” Press back versus unlawful management activity. Supervisors might not * SPIT: Surveil, Guarantee, Interfere, or Threaten with regard to unionizing activity or results– however they might not understand this.” ” Reframe the threats to increase self-confidence: The status quo is the genuine risk. Would they fire the entire department?”