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.
More on America's Workers
Courier Post. By Carol Comegno
...Norcross said McGuire fought for working families and understood the American workforce is "our greatest asset," adding that designating his memorial as a historic landmark is the least that can be done to honor and remember him.
..."I am humbled that as just a kid from Pennsauken, I'm in a position to properly memorialize my hometown hero," said Norcross.
Courier Post Opinion Editorial.
By Donald Norcross
Labor Day is a time to celebrate America's workers, and, this year, while we do that, we should also look at the realities facing our country's hardworking men and women.
CHERRY HILL, NJ – Following news that the United States and Mexico have made an agreement to replace the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01) issued the following statement:
"Any trade deal must first and foremost benefit American workers. Our workforce clearly suffered from NAFTA, and in South Jersey alone 19,500 manufacturing jobs have been lost since NAFTA came into force, which is simply unacceptable.
CHERRY HILL, NJ – U.S. Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01) and Senators Bob Menendez and Cory Booker today announced the City of Camden was awarded $1,500,000 in federal funding from the Department of Transportation (DOT) to purchase new zero-emission and low-emission transit buses and to build the necessary recharging, refueling and maintenance facilities.
CHERRY HILL, NJ – Today, U.S. Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01) announced Rowan University and Rutgers University–Camden will receive a total of $1,401,341 in federal funding from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for medical research and job training programs.
PAULSBORO, NJ – Today, U.S. Congressman Donald Norcross, N.J. Senate President Steve Sweeney, N.J. Deputy Assembly Speaker John Burzichelli and the Gloucester County Freeholder Board announced that the Port of Paulsboro will receive a $1.58 million grant from the U.S. Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration (EDA) for a water infrastructure improvement project.
The project is expected to create 150 jobs and generate $10 million in private investment.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01), a member of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce and an electrician by trade, cheered the unanimous, bipartisan, final passage of H.R. 2353, the Strengthening Career and Technical Education (CTE) for the 21st Century Act. The bill, which is now heading to the President's desk, included a provision by Norcross that extends the allowable use of funding for career-building programs.
NJ.com. By Donald Norcross
...I've spent my life fighting for good pay for workers, and spent years working as an electrician installing and restoring power for New Jersey homes, businesses and industrial sites. Raising wages for hardworking families is the first issue I talked to the governor and the new team in Trenton about.
NJ.com. By Donald Norcross
...I've spent my life fighting for good pay for workers, and spent years working as an electrician installing and restoring power for New Jersey homes, businesses and industrial sites. Raising wages for hardworking families is the first issue I talked to the governor and the new team in Trenton about.
Star-Ledger Opinion Editorial.
By Donald Norcross
The best social program is a good job with fair wages and the dignity that comes with it.
Last week, Governor Murphy reiterated that raising the state minimum wage to $15 an hour is one of his top three legislative priorities this year, and I not only applaud his strong stance, but urge my friends in the state legislature and my colleagues in Congress to heed our shared call to raise wages.