Prevailing wage expansion advances with key questions unanswered

Trade unions strongly support extending higher-wage requirements to off-site fabrication but lawmakers—and legislative lawyers—don’t know whether or how the state would enforce the proposed law.

BY NIGEL JAQUISS

Oregon Journalism Project

A bill that would expand the scope of Oregon’s prevailing wage law is moving toward a floor vote with key questions unanswered.

That matters because the expansion could impact just about every public works project in Oregon, from roads and sewers to schools—both renovations…

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