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…