Wells Fargo Workers File for First-Ever Big Bank Union Votes (1)

Workers at Wells Fargo & Co. branches in New Mexico and Alaska filed for the first-ever union elections at a major US bank.

Tellers, wealth management employees, and other bankers at Wells Fargo branches in Albuquerque, N.M., and Bethel, Alaska, filed a petition Monday with the National Labor Relations Board stating they plan to move forward with elections to join the Communications Workers of America’s (CWA) Wells Fargo Workers United.

The petition marks the first formal move to get union recognition in a campaign that began in 2021 to unionize the country’s fourth-largest bank, driven by a push for better ...