Wells Fargo Union Effort Stalls as Alaska Branch Cancels Vote

Workers at a Wells Fargo & Co. branch in Alaska withdrew their petition for a vote to join a union just before the election was scheduled to occur, highlighting the bumpy path union organizers face.

The move by the five-person branch in Bethel, Alaska, to avoid a vote on joining the Communications Workers of America’s Wells Fargo Workers United came late Wednesday, the same day workers at a Wells Fargo branch in Albuquerque, N.M., voted to become the first unionized branch of a major US bank.

The vote in Bethel was scheduled to happen Thursday.

“Although those of us at ...