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Prevailing-wage bill drawing wide testimony on off-site fabrication, enforcement and scope concerns
Summary
House Bill 26 88 would expand Oregon’s prevailing-wage rules to cover custom off-site fabrication and components made for public works. Proponents said the change protects workers and apprenticeships as fabrication moves off job sites; business groups and local governments warned of enforcement, interstate-commerce and supply-chain impacts.
The House Committee on Labor and Workplace Standards held a lengthy public hearing on House Bill 26 88, which would expand the definition of public works for prevailing-wage purposes to include custom off-site fabrication, assembly or production of goods, modules, components, structures, supports or fixtures specifically made for a public works project.
Sponsor Zach Hudson told the committee HB 26 88 aims to preserve prevailing-wage protections as construction technology and off-site fabrication grow, ensuring that work moved off the job site remains covered. Scott Strickland of SMART Local 16 said the law is designed to secure economic benefits for workers and cited University of Oregon research his organization relies on, testifying that prevailing-wage law “creates 5,400 jobs, improves the state economy by $752,000,000 and generates $35,000,000 in…
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