Wells Fargo workers at two US branches of bank launch efforts to unionize

Wells Fargo is the US’s fourth largest bank with almost $2tn in assets and over 200,000 employees. Photograph: Stephanie Keith/Reuters

Workers at two Wells Fargo bank branches are planning to launch unionization efforts on Monday in a rare move to organize staff at a financial services company.

Employees in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and Bethel, Alaska, said they would notify the National Labor Relations Board that they plan to hold elections to decide whether to unionize, the Wall Street Journal reported.