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Frank Emspak

Long-time labor and peace activist Frank Emspak has written extensively about labor issues, especially how new technologies could be designed to serve people, not just profit.

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CUNA Mutual Group was founded on lofty principles. Is it living up to them?

By Frank Emspak ● Politics ● March 16, 2023 March 16, 2023

The company’s enlightened public image stands in stark contrast to its treatment of workers.

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Wisconsin’s long fight over student wages and tuition

By Frank Emspak ● Politics ● February 14, 2023 February 14, 2023

Tuition at the University of Wisconsin was once affordable for almost all Wisconsinites. It can be again.

A photo illustration shows the now-demolished circular headquarters of CUNA Mutual Group on Mineral Point Road. The background of the office campus is set in black and white while the building is foregrounded in color.

CUNA Mutual’s contract fight takes on new urgency in an era of remote work

By Frank Emspak ● Politics ● December 5, 2022 December 5, 2022

The Madison-based company embodies the challenges for labor organizing as the financial-services industry evolves.

Why is the City of Madison trying to cut Metro workers out of their union?

By Frank Emspak ● Politics ● February 23, 2022 April 25, 2022

The City’s attempt to exclude certain employees from membership is tantamount to union-busting.

The Meriter nurses’ victory will resonate beyond one hospital

By Frank Emspak ● Politics ● March 27, 2021 May 5, 2022

A hard-fought contract battle could energize healthcare workers throughout the Madison area to organize.

The missed opportunities of the Wisconsin Uprising

By Frank Emspak ● Politics ● February 17, 2021 May 5, 2022

Even before Act 10, disconnects within the labor movement made working Americans vulnerable.