Kotek’s gift to trade unions contradicts her own agency’s analysis
Gov. Tina Kotek issued an executive order last month that will make highway projects more expensive, reduce bidding competition, and benefit a relatively small number of workers—who happen to be strong supporters of hers—at the expense of many Oregonians.
Who says so? Kotek’s own agency, the Oregon Department of Transportation.
On Dec. 19, the governor ordered that all future large state highway contracts include a “project labor agreement,” or PLA. PLAs require state agencies, such…
