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Plain Talk: Two books explain protests that led to recall

Paul Buhle and Frank Emspak, emeritus professor with the UW?s School for Workers, add an informative chapter on the history of unions in Wisconsin and how the state sparked public worker unions, adding context to how the citizens of the state could spawn such an impressive pushback. The two do show their ignorance, however, while discussing the 1977 Madison newspaper strike.