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Wells Fargo Workers Speak Out!

Watch this video featuring Wells Fargo Workers United leaders who are organizing a union, speak out about wanting to improve working conditions, transparency and accountability at the troubled bank.

Wells Fargo Workers Speak Out!

LMCU unionization effort spreads to Florida branch

From MiBiz.com:

LMCU unionization effort spreads to Florida branch

Low Union Density In Banking Poses Hurdles For Organizing

From Law360:

Low Union Density In Banking Poses Hurdles For Organizing

LMCU workers win union election

Grand Rapids Business Journal:

Workers at a local credit union branch have won their union election.

LMCU workers win union election

Lake Michigan Credit Union Workers Secure Union Victory

Committee for Better Banks

For Immediate Release: Friday, January 6, 2023

Lake Michigan Credit Union Workers Secure Union Victory

Lake Michigan Credit Union branch workers file for a union election

"I am organizing to form a union because it’s time that LMCU pays me fairly for the work that I do. It’s time we have a seat at the table so that we can work together to make LMCU a better place for us and our members.” said Anaisa Sanchez, a teller at the South Division branch.

Lake Michigan Credit Union branch workers file for a union election

Big Banks Eye Potentially ‘Contagious’ Wells Fargo Union Push

Workers at the country’s fourth-largest bank are pushing to unionize with the Communications Workers of America, a complicated process that began in November 2021 and that, if successful, could reshape working conditions at Wells Fargo and spark workers at other large US banks to push for collective bargaining.

Big Banks Eye Potentially ‘Contagious’ Wells Fargo Union Push

Wells Fargo accused of union busting as workers try to organize

The Communications Workers of America filed two charges against Wells Fargo this week, alleging that managers threatened and disciplined workers for supporting the organizing effort, which is illegal under federal law.

Wells Fargo accused of union busting as workers try to organize

Wells Fargo Workers Fight BANK FRAUD By Unionizing

Check out Wells Fargo employee Jessie McCool on Breaking Points.

Wells Fargo Workers Fight BANK FRAUD By Unionizing

SEFCU/CAP COM bankers plan to form labor union

ABC News 10:

SEFCU/CAP COM bankers plan to form labor union

New Video tells story of why Wells Fargo workers are organizing a union!

A new video from More Perfect Union highlights the challenges that workers at Wells Fargo are facing in the workplace and why they are forming a union with CWA through the Committee for Better Banks to address them.

New Video tells story of why Wells Fargo workers are organizing a union!

Wells Fargo won’t commit to union neutrality, and bank employees are preparing for an ugly fight

Workers behind an unprecedented union drive at Wells Fargo are now trying to enlist congressional allies in their battle.

Wells Fargo won’t commit to union neutrality, and bank employees are preparing for an ugly fight

Inside Wells Fargo employees' long, uphill battle to unionize

Like many Americans, Ted Laurel has lost loved ones to Covid-19. Those include some Wells Fargo coworkers, losses that have left him devastated and motivated to fix his workplace from the ground up. Laurel said some of his coworkers were exposed to the virus after going into the office while people in other business lines had the option to work from home. He said that disparity became a "main driver for me" to dedicate time to forming a union with his coworkers.

Inside Wells Fargo employees' long, uphill battle to unionize

Inside Wells Fargo employees' long, uphill battle to unionize

From Business Insider:

Inside Wells Fargo employees' long, uphill battle to unionize

Wells Fargo employees pushing to organize union across bank’s workforce

Workers at Wells Fargo, the third largest bank in the US, are pushing to organize a union across the bank’s workforce with Wells Fargo Workers United, a campaign with the Committee for Better Banks, which successfully won the first union contract in the banking industry in 40 years at Beneficial Bank in 2021.

Wells Fargo employees pushing to organize union across bank’s workforce

New Fact Sheet (April 2022): Bank CEO’s Are Getting Double Digit Pay Raises, Leaving Most Bank Workers Far Behind

Click here to download a PDF of the full fact sheet!

New Fact Sheet (April 2022): Bank CEO’s Are Getting Double Digit Pay Raises, Leaving Most Bank Workers Far Behind

Genesee Co-op Federal Credit Union workers form union

From the Rochester City Paper:

Genesee Co-op Federal Credit Union workers form union

Genesee Co-op Federal Credit Union workers form union

From the Rochester Business Journal:

Genesee Co-op Federal Credit Union workers form union

Committee For Better Banks - 2021 Year In Review

This has been a big year for CBB members! With so much happening, we wanted to pause and take a look back at how far we’ve come together in 2021:

Committee For Better Banks - 2021 Year In Review

A US bank has unionized for the first time in 40 years

Roughly 100 Beneficial workers ratified a contract with management in late September, after agreeing to unionize in March 2020.

A US bank has unionized for the first time in 40 years