2023-12-21 01:40:14
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(Reuters) – Wells Fargo (NYSE:) employees at its Albuquerque, New Mexico branch voted to join a union on Wednesday, in the latest unionization drive in the United States.
Wells Fargo employees voted to join the Communications Workers of America’s Wells Fargo Workers United (WFWU) union in a 5-3 vote, the union said.
The vote is “a testament to workers in the financial services industry who know we need a collective voice to improve the industry we are a part of,” said Sabrina Perez, senior banker at Wells Fargo’s Albuquerque branch.
Wells Fargo did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment.
The historic vote makes the San Francisco, Calif.-based financial institution the first major U.S. bank with a union, marking a rare victory for such efforts in an industry that has largely been immune to them.
Workers at the bank’s Bethel, Alaska branch are scheduled to vote on the unionization campaign on Thursday. Employees at the Daytona Beach, Florida branch have also filed for union elections.
(Reportagem de Bhanvi Satija, Niket Nishant and Jaiveer Shekhawat in Bengaluru)
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