Uploaded March 2011 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
David Sewell, legendary Madisonian busker and IWW member, penned this song in response to Governor Walker's attack on state unions and the response from the workers within Wisconsin.
You can contact David Sewell at houseofwillowbrook@yahoo.com to order cds, inquire about booking, or just pass on some kind words.
While Wisconsin's annual budget hole of $3 billion seems like a lot of money, it's just 1.2 percent of the state's $244 billion economy. Wisconsin's GDP ranks 54th in the world, between the United Arab Emirates and Finland. Governor Scott Walker claims he needed to cut state employees wages and benefits in order to save $139 million to ease the budget,. However, a week before introducing the bill, he handed out $140 million in tax cuts to corporations. When state employees agreed to the pay and wage cuts as long as they could keep the right for their unions to negotiate on future contracts, Walker rejected their overture. The Wisconsin "repair" bill is not about fixing the state's budget. It's about destroying unions.
Please support your fellow workers to gain and keep rights whether they work in the public sector or the private sector. Our strength lies in organization, and a fully organized strike would have already killed this bill.
David Sewell, legendary Madisonian busker and IWW member, penned this song in response to Governor Walker's attack on state unions and the response from the workers within Wisconsin.
You can contact David Sewell at houseofwillowbrook@yahoo.com to order cds, inquire about booking, or just pass on some kind words.
While Wisconsin's annual budget hole of $3 billion seems like a lot of money, it's just 1.2 percent of the state's $244 billion economy. Wisconsin's GDP ranks 54th in the world, between the United Arab Emirates and Finland. Governor Scott Walker claims he needed to cut state employees wages and benefits in order to save $139 million to ease the budget,. However, a week before introducing the bill, he handed out $140 million in tax cuts to corporations. When state employees agreed to the pay and wage cuts as long as they could keep the right for their unions to negotiate on future contracts, Walker rejected their overture. The Wisconsin "repair" bill is not about fixing the state's budget. It's about destroying unions.
Please support your fellow workers to gain and keep rights whether they work in the public sector or the private sector. Our strength lies in organization, and a fully organized strike would have already killed this bill.
