Wis. Governor’s Pro-Worker Budget Seeks to Erase Walker Legacy

Freshman Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers is using his first budget to roll back many of the anti-collective bargaining initiatives championed by former governor Scott Walker.

Evers’ (D) 2019-2021 Biennial Budget, presented to the Legislature Feb. 28, includes proposals to raise the minimum wage, repeal Wisconsin’s right-to-work law, restore prevailing wage protections, boost project labor agreements, and restore municipalities’ authorities to create wage and benefit ordinances that surpass state standards.

Supporters of organized labor, who worked to defeat Walker in the last election, applauded the plan and pledged to work with Evers on erasing the previous administration’s “attacks on working ...