OPEIU Chief Steward, Joe Evica speaks as CUNA Mutual employee and member of the OPEIU Bargaining Committee, Sarah Larsen stands to the right. May 19, 2023 in Madison, Wis. OPEIU Chief Steward, Joe Evica speaks as CUNA Mutual employee and member of the OPEIU Bargaining Committee Sarah Larsen stands to the right. May 19, 2023 in Madison, Wis.

Even though CUNA Mutual Group and its union employees have had an 80-year relationship, it is now divided over labor issues, which led the Office and Professional Employees International Union (OPEIU) Local 39 to call its first strike ever against the Madison, Wis.-based insurance and investment firm.

Hundreds of union employees picketed outside CUNA Mutual’s offices Friday holding signs and chanting as supporters honked their horns as they drove by.

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