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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CHERRY HILL, NJ – Today, U.S. Congressman Donald Norcross – a member of the House Education and Labor Committee and an electrician by trade – applauded the agreement by New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy, Senate President Steve Sweeney and Speaker Craig Coughlin to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour predictably over the next six years and issued the following statement:
New Jersey Globe. By Nikita Biryukov
...Rep. Donald Norcross praised the $15/hour minimum wage deal reached by Trenton's top Democrats Thursday.
WASHINGTON, DC - Today, U.S. Congressman Donald Norcross - a member of the House Education and Labor Committee and an electrician by trade - joined a bicameral group of colleagues, including the Democratic leadership team and Senator Bernie Sanders, in introducing the Raise the Wage Act of 2019.
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01) was today re-appointed to serve on the House Committee on Education and Labor and the House Armed Services Committee.
An electrician by trade, Norcross has a long history of fighting for workers in New Jersey.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01) joins Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard Neal (D-MA) and eight bipartisan colleagues in introducing the Rehabilitation for Multiemployer Pensions Act – commonly called "The Butch Lewis Act" – which addresses the nation's worsening multiemployer pension crisis.
WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Donald Norcross was sworn in to represent New Jersey's First Congressional District in the 116th Congress and his first votes were in favor of two bills to reopen all government services that have been shut down since December 22nd and ensure workers get the paychecks they earned.
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01) issued the following statement on the Trump shutdown:
"Just ten days ago, President Trump said, 'I am proud to shut down the government,' and, sadly, American workers are the ones suffering because of Trump's egotistical, politically-motivated temper tantrum.
Burlington County Times. By David Levinsky
...Rep. Donald Norcross, D-1st of Camden, also weighed in, saying federal workers would suffer "because of Trump's egotistical, politically motivated temper tantrum."
..."In New Jersey alone, more than 5,000 federal employees will be impacted by this reckless Trump shutdown. It's heartless," Norcross added.
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01) has been appointed by Leader Nancy Pelosi to serve as the House Democratic Steering and Policy Committee's Parliamentarian for the 116th Congress. This is Norcross' third consecutive appointment to the committee that shapes and implements the party's agenda, advises the Caucus on important issues and assigns members to committees.
CHERRY HILL, NJ – Today, U.S. Congressman Donald Norcross – a member of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, an electrician by trade and original co-sponsor of the Raise the Wage Act of 2017 – issued the below statement following the introduction of legislation to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour in New Jersey by Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin: