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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WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01) announced today that the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development will receive up to $9,000,000, with $3,000,000 released initially, in funding for the National Health Emergency Dislocated Worker Grant (DWG) administered through the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL).
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01) today voted in favor of an interim emergency coronavirus relief package, which will provide emergency resources to increase testing, support hospitals and health care providers and includes additional assistance for small businesses.
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Congressmen Donald Norcross (D-NJ-01) and Chris Smith (R-NJ-04) today led a bipartisan letter cosigned by the entire NJ Congressional Delegation to Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Leader Kevin McCarthy, Leader Mitch McConnell and Leader Chuck Schumer as part of their effort to amend the critical COVID-19 Paycheck Protection Program to include both labor and business member organizations, allowing them to tap into the loan program and sustain staff during the economic crisis.
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01) released the following statement on House passage of H.R. 748, Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act – a $2 trillion federal relief package to help respond to the COVID-19 pandemic:
NEWSLETTER:
As we continue to learn more information about COVID-19 each day, it is important that we all stay informed and are aware of the next steps to battle the outbreak.
While the information we have on COVID-19 continues to change rapidly, I would like to provide you all with an update on the steps our local community is taking, as well as the response from Congress.
We're In This Together
WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01) met with a ShopRite executive in South Jersey today to discuss the federal government's response to the coronavirus pandemic and to discuss the impact it's had on ShopRite's business and the measures they have taken to help keep employees and patrons safe.
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01) voted to pass the Families First Coronavirus Response Act, a bill that strengthens the federal government's response to the coronavirus outbreak and addresses the severe impacts of the coronavirus on Americans' personal safety and financial security.
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01) released the following statement regarding the U.S. Department of Labor's Industry-Recognized Apprenticeship Program (IRAP) final rule:
By Donald Norcross
As a young, single father working in construction, I struggled to find quality child care with flexible hours that worked with my schedule. It was hard to locate affordable, accessible child care 40 years ago — and it's nearly impossible for many parents today.
A report from the nonprofit Child Care Aware of America found the average weekly cost of infant daycare in New Jersey is $300, about $1,200 a month for one child. Needless to say, that's an immense burden for working families.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01) – a member of the House Armed Services Committee and Chairman of the Tactical Air and Land Subcommittee – introduced the Jobs and Childcare for Military Families Act of 2020.