📣CAMPAIGN UPDATE: Schaumburg IL (Chicago) Branch Votes UNION YES !

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Schaumburg, IL Branch Votes YES!!! Now 19 union branches in 12 states

On August 22, a solid majority of the 9-member team at the Schaumburg, Illinois Branch (210 S. Roselle Rd.) just outside Chicago voted to gain a true voice at work by standing up to the misinformation campaign and voting YES to forming the first union in the state and becoming the 19th union branch in the country. 

“We are proud to join the 18 other Wells Fargo branches across 12 states to fight for a voice on the job and a seat at the table as part of WFWU-CWA. Wells Fargo workers’ historic union vote in Albuquerque last year created a real sea of solidarity across the financial services industry and at one of America’s largest banks,” said Bill Rizos, Senior Premier Banker at the Schaumburg branch. “With a union, we will have the power to negotiate fair working conditions that allow us to better serve our customers and our communities. Even as Wells Fargo engages in illegal anti-union behavior across its branches, we will not allow this attempted intimidation to stop us from fighting to have our voices heard at the bank across all sectors.”

Stay tuned for announcements of more branches AND non-branches filing for union elections in the coming days. Watch this space!!! Join in the fun and reach out to us to get information on how you can join our growing union family at Wells Fargo! Why not congratulate our team in Schaumburg by contacting one of our organizers to get more information. That's what Bill Rizos did, and look how thrilled they are now!

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Wells Fargo in the News

>> Wells Fargo announces 70 layoffs in Denver-area office. The bank told Colorado regulators this week that it plans to cut 70 jobs that are part of its Chief Operating Office Global Operations business unit. The layoffs are the second round of Denver-focused layoffs announced by Wells Fargo this summer. The bank let go of 80 employees on Aug. 1. Those cuts were effective at Wells Fargo's downtown office at 1700 Lincoln St., where the bank said it was ending internal auditing work. 

>> Wells Fargo is set to sell the majority of its commercial mortgage servicing business to global loan services provider Trimont, the companies said Tuesday. Wells Fargo’s deal to sell off its non-agency third-party Commercial Mortgage Servicing business comes as the banking sector in the United States faces increasing pressure due to elevated interest rates and challenges in the commercial real estate market. 

>> Wells Fargo tries to "lure" 15,000 employees to come into Tryon office in Uptown Charlotte by opening new food hall. 

>> The FBI and Aurora police officers are searching for a suspect who robbed a bank earlier this week. The suspect robbed the Wells Fargo Bank at 9000 E. Colfax Ave. in Aurora, Colorado on Aug. 21. 

Question of the Week

Question: My manager is telling us that if we form a union we'll lose the flexibility and accommodations with our schedules that our manager currently provides us. Is this true?

Answer: This is absolutely not true and just more of the tired misinformation Charlie Scharf's union busters are spreading. If you think about it, why would anyone form a union if it resulted in making your life and working conditions worse? Remember, you and your coworkers are "the Union". We are the union, which means forming a union enables us to fight for the changes and improvements we want. So let's join together and fight for a union contract that makes sure we can keep the scheduling flexibility and accommodations we like so they can't be taken away tomorrow. Because without a union, even if our managers are providing us with flexible schedules and accommodations today; if Charlie Scharf changes his mind tomorrow and directs every branch manager to impose strict schedules with no flexibility, your branch manager will have no choice. But with a union, we can fight to get the policies we like into a legally-binding union contract so that Charlie Scharf can't take them away on a whim while he enjoys his $29 million salary. 

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