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Democrats want Labor Dept. probe of Wells Fargo

By Joseph Lawler
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Democrats want Labor Dept. probe of Wells Fargo

Democrats want the Labor Department to pile onto the investigations of Wells Fargo for its fake customer accounts scandal.

Eight Senate Democrats on Thursday asked Labor Secretary Thomas Perez and David Weil, head of the agency’s wage and hour division, to investigate the megabank for potentially violating the Fair Labor Standards Act in pressing employees to meet goals for opening accounts.

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