📣CAMPAIGN UPDATE: Barnegat NJ Branch Votes UNION YES this week!

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Our Union Grew this week! The Team at Barnegat, New Jersey Branch Voted UNION YES!

Last Tuesday, the 6-member team at the Barnegat Branch in New Jersey outlasted management's attempts to confuse and discourage them from voting UNION YES! They held strong and came out the other side stronger and more united than ever. Their issues are no different from yours. Here's an excerpt from their "union announcement" letter they delivered to management when they were ready to move forward with their election.

"Our motivation to gain a real voice at work stems from long standing issues that have gone unresolved. These issues have caused us severe stress, anxiety, and has negatively impacted our work like balance. Inadequate staffing has irritate customers by increasing their wait and travel times. Customers complain and give us bad surveys because of it. This impacts our branch's performance even though the poor review are a result of decisions far outside of our control."

Are you suspect of all the half-truths and fear tactics your managers are giving you? If you want to get the full story and learn how you can gain a true voice at work, then get in touch with us. We can help you prepare for a union vote so your team or department can add your voices to our growing union at Wells Fargo. Click below and a union organizer will respond to schedule an introductory phone call. 

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Next up:

• Thursday, August 22 - Schaumburg, Illinois Branch has their union election.

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Wells Fargo in the News

>> Here we go again! It looks like Wells Fargo is getting in trouble with federal bank regulators, again. Wells Fargo disclosed to investors last week that it is under investigation by government authorities on issues related to anti-money laundering (AML) and sanctions program. We don't know which government entity beyond what Wells Fargo recently disclosed to investors. Read about Wells Fargo's New Sanctions Probe.

If you have reliable and credible information about this new investigation by government authorities, please contact us confidentially at [email protected]. You can remain completely anonymous.

>> Accused of jacking up prescription drug prices: Here is more information about the class action lawsuit against Wells Fargo for mismanaging employee's prescription drug plan Read more about it here.

>> Branch security procedures in San Francisco cause some controversy with some customers. Why does WF management leave branch workers hang out to dry with reporters in this story? Management should take responsibility for bank policies instead of letting branch workers take the heat from customers and news reporters. What do you think about this story? Send us your thoughts at [email protected]. 

Question of the Week

Question: Who fought for establishing a 40-hour work week?

Answer: Unions! Most of us probably take the standard five-day workweek, eight-hour workday, and two-day weekend structure as a given. When we’re asked to work more than this we may even feel like our rights and livelihood are being infringed upon (of course, many workers take on the extra work anyway). The details of this standard schedule are the result of decades of activism.

First, in 1884, the Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions passed a resolution that the workday be limited to eight hours. As Kim Kelly has written for Teen Vogue, thanks to robust labor organizing, including strikes by the Carpenters Union and United Mine Workers of America, the Fair Labor Act (FLSA) was finally enacted in 1938.

Read about more labor rights that many of us take for granted that were fought for and won by workers in unions.