By Jonathan Stempel

(Reuters) -A group of Democratic senators called on Wells Fargo to end its alleged campaign against employee unions, saying a more constructive approach could address a toxic workplace culture and help the bank recover from scandals that prevented it from growing.

In a Wednesday letter to Wells Fargo CEO Charlie Scharf, 15 senators led by Arizona’s Ruben Gallego said the fourth-largest U.S. bank’s history of setting aggressive sales goals led to mistreatment of consumers, staffing shortages and substandard pay, providing an incentive to unionize.

The senators also said Wells Fargo has become “significantly more aggressive” in retaliating against employees who try to organize, including in Arizona, Florida, North Carolina and Wyoming, and that six unfair labor charges

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