MADISON, Wis. (WSAU) — Wednesday’s Assembly Labor Committee vote to repeal the state’s Prevailing Wage law is a topic that Democrats oppose, and Republicans have split viewpoints. As the Assembly Labor Committee took testimony, we found out where Governor Scott Walker stands on this issue.
Walker has been testing the national campaign waters with success stories like Act 10, which changed public union bargaining powers, but has been noticeably quiet about the prevailing wage issue.
Talk show host Jerry Bader called out the Governor on this issue. “The problem for Walker, the problem for Fitzgerald, the problem for Voss is they can’t really admit why they don’t support this. This is where they’re caught. Why would you not support something that would save hundreds of millions of dollars on local projects?” Bader contends some Republicans hesitate to repeal the law because several large contractors that are campaign donors that don’t want the change.
Governor Walker did issue a statement Wednesday saying if a prevailing wage repeal bill reaches his desk, he would sign it.
John Spiros of Marshfield was the only Republican to vote against the repeal, saying several businesses in his district urged him to vote no.
