Wells Fargo workers in Bethel withdraw union petition as colleagues move to unionize

Bank workers at the Wells Fargo branch in Bethel have withdrawn their petition to file for a union election with the National Labor Relations Board. The Dec. 20 withdrawal came as a surprise after workers at another Wells Fargo branch in Albuquerque, N.M. voted the same day to form a union, becoming the first-ever Wells Fargo workers to unionize. Walter Sexton, a personal banker at the Bethel branch, issued a statement on the union election withdrawal. “Although those of us at the Bethel branch have decided to withdraw our petition...