Employees at the Beachway Plaza Wells Fargo branch in Bradenton have officially parted ways with the Communications Workers of America (CWA) union. The shift occurred after staff members took their request to a federal labor board, marking the latest in a string of successful efforts by bank employees to remove union representation from their workplaces.
The move was spearheaded by Wells Fargo employee Amanda Seda, who submitted a decertification petition to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) on April 20. Backed by her colleagues and supported by free legal counsel from the National Right to Work Foundation, the petition garnered enough signatures to trigger a formal vote.
While the election was originally slated for May 14 to include personal bankers, tellers, and operations coordinators, the union chose to exit early…