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 – Today, U.S. Congressman Donald Norcross (D-NJ-01) and David McKinley (R-WV-01) – co-founders of the Congressional Building Trades Caucus – introduced the Pre-Apprenticeships To Hardhats (PATH) Act, H.R. 6820, which expands pre-apprenticeship programs for underrepresented populations.
CHERRY HILL, NJ – Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01) was awarded the Exemplary Leadership in Labor award from the African American Caucus (AAC) of the Laborers' International Union of North America (LiUNA), the Black Caucus Foundation of Michigan and the Conference of Minority Transportation Officials in Washington, DC.
Tap Into Camden. By George Woolston
...Norcross, who was trained as an electrician, it's important for those who go into trades to be proud of the work that they do.
..."If anybody says your less than because you didn't go to college, you look them right in the eye and say I'm proud of what I do," Norcross said. "For the children, if they want to go to college, we'll help them. If they want to be a carpenter, that's just as important."
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01), along with U.S. Senators Bob Menendez and Cory Booker, today announced a total of $3,492,000 in federal funding from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to assist two New Jersey towns improve their water treatment and distributions systems.
NJ.com. By Jonathan D. Salant
..."To make our economy work for all of us, not just the rich and powerful, working people must be able to stand and fight for higher wages, better health care and a more secure retirement," said Norcross, a former electrician who became assistant business manager for an International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers local, the only former union business agent in the House.
WASHINGTON, DC - On the heels of Labor Day, Representatives Donald Norcross (NJ-01), Mark DeSaulnier (CA-11), Mark Pocan (WI-02) and Debbie Dingell (MI-12) today issued the findings of their "Future of Work, Wages and Labor" initiative - launched in early 2016. The Members spent over two years traveling across the country and meeting with experts, labor leaders, and workers to develop policy proposals that address longstanding problems in the workforce and new trends like automation and contract workers.
CAMDEN, NJ – U.S. Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01), Camden Mayor Frank Moran and Regional Administrator Lynne Patton, of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), announced that the Housing Authority of the City of Camden (HACC) will receive a $1.7 million grant from the HUD Jobs Plus program.
BLACKWOOD, NJ – U.S. Senator Bob Menendez and U.S. Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01) today announced $827,690 in federal funding from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to support fire departments in South Jersey. These grants will allow fire departments to hire more firefighters, buy new equipment and enhance safety measures.
PENNSAUKEN, NJ - Today, U.S. Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01) - a lifelong labor leader and Pennsauken native - announced that the Peter J. McGuire memorial and gravesite is now part of the New Jersey State Register of Historic Places.
NJTV News. By Michael Aron
..."What better way to celebrate the American worker than to remove their 2.5 percent raise for the year. That's what Donald Trump announced yesterday," Rep. Donald Norcross said.