Labor board officially revoked union certification after workers overwhelmingly petitioned to end union boss ‘representation’

Wilmington, DE (May 18, 2026) – Employees at a Wells Fargo branch in Wilmington, Delaware, have successfully ousted Communications Workers of America (CWA) union bosses from their workplace. The effort to remove the union was initiated when bank employee Nancy Horsky filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), seeking a “decertification” election to remove the CWA as the bargaining representative at her Wells Fargo branch. Horsky filed the petition for her coworkers with free legal aid from the National Right to Work Foundation.

The NLRB is the federal agency responsible for enforcing federal labor law, a task that includes administering elections to install (or “certify”) and remove (or “decertify”) unions. Horsky’s petition was signed by a clear majority of her coworkers at Wells Fargo’s Concord Pike branch, prompting the NLRB to schedule a union decertification vote.

The workers requested that the NLRB schedule a secret-ballot election among all full-time and regular part-time tellers, personal bankers, and premier bankers employed by Wells Fargo at the Wilmington branch. The workers were looking to vote on whether to remove the so-called “Wells Fargo Workers United” union (an affiliate of the CWA).

However, shortly before the election was scheduled by the NLRB, CWA union officials declared that they “disclaim interest” in the Wilmington Wells Fargo employees. CWA union officials, perhaps expecting an overwhelming election loss, abandoned their status as the workers’ so-called “representatives.”

Delaware is one of 24 states without Right to Work protections, which make union affiliation and dues payment fully voluntary, meaning that Horsky and her coworkers could have been forced to pay union dues or fees or else be fired, so long as the workplace remained under CWA union control. The Wilmington Wells Fargo employees are the latest in a growing number of workers who have approached the Foundation seeking to exercise their legal right to remove union officials that claim to “represent” workers’ interests.

This year alone, Foundation staff attorneys have assisted successful Wells Fargo employee efforts to remove unwanted CWA union bosses in Spring Hill, Florida, Seaside Park, New Jersey, and Bradenton, Florida. Another group of workers in Apex, North Carolina, also successfully removed the union in March.

Meanwhile, in Casper, Wyoming, Wells Fargo workers overwhelmingly backed a petition requesting that the NLRB administer a secret-ballot election to remove the CWA from their branch. However, before an election could be scheduled, CWA union bosses filed “blocking charges” in an attempt to prevent the employees from having their requested vote.

“We are pleased to have been able to assist Ms. Horsky and her coworkers in exercising their right to remove unwanted CWA union bosses,” commented National Right to Work Foundation President Mark Mix. “Clearly Wells Fargo employees across the country are coming to the realization that, despite CWA union bosses’ claims, they are better off without the union interfering in their relationship with their employer.

“Other Wells Fargo employees who want to join their colleagues in ejecting unwanted CWA union officials from their locations should feel free to contact the National Right to Work Foundation for free legal assistance,” added Mix.

The National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation is a nonprofit, charitable organization providing free legal aid to employees whose human or civil rights have been violated by compulsory unionism abuses. The Foundation, which can be contacted toll-free at 1-800-336-3600, assists thousands of employees in about 200 cases nationwide per year.