(Reuters) -Wells Fargo employees at its Albuquerque, New Mexico branch voted to join a union on Wednesday, opening up a new frontier in the labor campaign against corporate America. Wells Fargo employees voted 5 to 3 in favor of joining the Communications Workers of America's Wells Fargo Workers United (WFWU), the union said. The vote stands "as a testament to workers in the financial services industry who know we need a collective voice to improve the industry we are integral to," said Sabrina Perez, a Senior Premier Banker at Wells Fargo's Albuquerque branch.
The employees at that branch voted 5 to 3 in favor
It is so painstaking to unionize one branch at a time. There are more than 7000 branches, let alone back offices. The union isn’t trying to get like all the branches in a city at the same time? Maybe a whole call center?
Do you think unions wanted to run hundreds of separate campaigns at the ~300 Starbucks who have successfully voted to unionized (who Starbucks has refused to sign a single contract with)? They aren’t stupid and are grinding it out against absolute fucking goliaths one address at a time.
Just because one burger king on street A votes to unionize doesn’t mean that another a block over would want to, and you also have to take into account many industries operate on franchise models so their employers may have only some similarities. Employers have desperately tried to build a wall between corporate and ownership ties when it comes to unions to prevent precisely what you suggest; mass unionization possibilities.
It is so painstaking to unionize one branch at a time. There are more than 7000 branches, let alone back offices. The union isn’t trying to get like all the branches in a city at the same time? Maybe a whole call center?
Do you think unions wanted to run hundreds of separate campaigns at the ~300 Starbucks who have successfully voted to unionized (who Starbucks has refused to sign a single contract with)? They aren’t stupid and are grinding it out against absolute fucking goliaths one address at a time.
Just because one burger king on street A votes to unionize doesn’t mean that another a block over would want to, and you also have to take into account many industries operate on franchise models so their employers may have only some similarities. Employers have desperately tried to build a wall between corporate and ownership ties when it comes to unions to prevent precisely what you suggest; mass unionization possibilities.
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