Members of Wells Fargo Workers United-CWA Rally in Charlotte, N.C.

On Tuesday, July 15, CWA members and retirees joined the AFL-CIO, UNITE-HERE, United Auto Workers, Charlotte-Metrolina Central Labor Council, and other local organizations to rally outside Two Wells Fargo Center in Charlotte, North Carolina. Activists publicly condemned Wells Fargo for their illegal union-busting tactics and demanded that the company agree to a fair contract with Wells Fargo Workers United-CWA (WFWU-CWA) members.

“As branch employees, we are the face of Wells Fargo. We deserve to be compensated fairly and to be treated with dignity and respect,” said Wells Fargo personal banker and CWA Local 3901 member Brittany Ball. “We are asking Wells Fargo to stop their union-busting practices and intimidation tactics. We’re also asking Wells Fargo to understand that employees are only exercising their right to form a union—a federal right.”

After the rally, WFWU-CWA members joined CWA President Claude Cummings Jr. to deliver a petition with over 2,600 signatures to Wells Fargo management. With nearly 30 successful union elections at Wells Fargo branches across the country, including a group of conduct management investigators, the worker organizing effort at Wells Fargo is the first of its kind at a major bank in the U.S.

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This post originally appeared on cwa-union.org.