America's Workers
Our national workforce keeps our country running and provides invaluable services we often take for granted. Nobody should have to work multiple jobs or extraordinary hours to provide for their family, save for retirement or feel financially secure. As an electrician by trade, I know the best social program in the world is a job and I believe every worker must have an opportunity to succeed, which starts with fair pay. Women have made great strides in history, but it’s time they receive equal pay for equal work and the opportunity to maintain a work and family balance. We need to ensure working families have fair wages, safe working conditions, and a voice in the workplace.
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Norcross, co-chair of the Congressional Labor Caucus, told Truthout that the increase in funding is crucial to support the current burgeoning labor uprising.
"Our federal budget reflects our national priorities. It documents our values. These past few years have been incredibly tough on the working people of this country, and we've seen thousands organize to push for better wages and better working conditions in the pandemic's wake," Norcross said.
On Tuesday, Giordano and a number of other industry experts joined U.S. Rep. Donald Norcross (D-1) for a roundtable discussion in Camden. The group praised the state for including the Labor Peace Agreement requirement, and hopes other states will do the same in the future.
State lawmakers slammed Amazon over the report, and Rep. Donald Norcross, D-Camden, accused Amazon on Twitter of "putting profits over safety."
Norcross told HuffPost that the NLRB was being "starved to death over the course of the last decade," and that workers trying to bargain collectively will ultimately pay the price.
In a letter led by Rep. Donald Norcross (D-N.J.), 145 House Democrats and four Republicans ask Reps. Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.) and Tom Cole (R-Okla.), respectively the chair and ranking member of the House Appropriations Committee, to increase the NLRB's budget by at least $94 million for the next fiscal year.
Co-founders of the Congressional Labor Caucus, Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01) and Congressman Mark Pocan (WI-02), today hosted a roundtable discussion with United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 360 and cannabis workers to discuss workers' rights and organizing the cannabis industry.
Reps. Mark Pocan (D-Wis.) and Donald Norcross (D-N.J.). met with employees from marijuana businesses in New Jersey, where legal sales for recreational use began last week.
Asked about the potential broader impact of unionization on drug testing policies in legal states, Norcross stressed that the "one thing having a union will absolutely do is give you a voice in the workplace—and give you the ability to have representation if you are accused" of violating a given policy.
At a press conference today, Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01) announced the Government Oversight of Unpatriotic Greed in Energy (GOUGE) Act to lower prices, discourage price gouging, and punish corporate greed.
"Inflation and the cost of things that we're seeing everyday are tough issues," Mr. Norcross said. "But, when it comes to wages, working conditions, and benefits, the Democrats, without a doubt if you ask me, are far ahead of the Republicans."