AGC’s resource for information on project labor agreements and Oregon Governor Tina Kotek’s Executive Order 24-31, which mandated the use of PLAs on state-funded construction projects. The executive order was released on December 18, 2024.
- Governor Kotek Executive Order 24-31
- AGC Oregon-Columbia Chapter Press Release
- AGC One Pager: Our one pager explains what PLAs are and provides more information about how the EO will impact contractors and construction in Oregon.
- Toolkit: This helps better understand what PLAs are, what the Governor’s EO does, reactions from industry associations and political figures, and information about past PLA legislation. Many of the links on this page are included in the toolkit. The toolkit may be periodically updated.
Media Response
- Daily Journal of Commerce: Kotek gives no sign of yielding on project labor agreements (2/4/25)
- Willamette Week: Kotek’s Gift to Trade Unions Contradicts Her Own Agency’s Analysis (1/29/25)
- Oregon Public Broadcasting (OPB): Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek’s executive order on state construction work prompts outcry in Salem and beyond (1/24/25)
- OregonLive/Oregonian Editorial: Merry Christmas, labor unions! Love, Gov. Kotek (1/12/25)
- Daily Journal of Commerce: Oregon construction groups blast union labor rule (1/7/25)
- Lars Larson Show: Mike Salsgiver: Should the State Require All Taxpayer-Funded Projects be Done With Union Labor? (1/4/25)
- Willamette Week: Contractors Blast Kotek’s Executive Order Requiring State-Funded Projects to Include Labor Agreements (1/2/25)
Additional Takes
- AGC of America: Feds Begin To Pull Project Labor Agreement Mandates In Wake Of Association-Backed Victory Over Biden’s Unlawful Executive Order (2/11/25)
- Oregon Business & Industry: Portland Developer Says Governor’s PLA Order Will Boost Cost of Affordable Project by 37% (2/5/25)
- Schwabe: Federal Court Invalidates President Biden’s Mandatory PLA Requirements on Federal Projects Over $35 Million (1/21/25)
- Oregon Business & Industry: Executive Order Requiring Project Labor Agreements in Harmful
- Schwabe: Kotek Signs Executive Order Mandating PLAs on State Projects (12/20/24)