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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U.S. Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01) released the following statement regarding the tentative railway labor agreement. The tentative agreement was reached in the early hours this morning after U.S. Secretary for Labor Marty Walsh hosted negotiators at the Department of Labor for hours of talks between rail companies and unions representing tens of thousands of rail workers.
"The Inflation Reduction Act is a job creator first and foremost," he said. "Investing in clean energy by manufacturing solar panels, offshore wind components, and batteries domestically means our energy future is going to be made in America."
"People should feel confident that when they go to work they'll be safe and come home the way they went in," Rep. Donald Norcross (NJ-1) said after a Carteret employee's death.
Rep. Donald Norcross, New Jersey Democrat, has called for OSHA to perform a full investigation of Amazon's workplace practices.
Today, U.S. Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01) voted to pass the Inflation Reduction Act. This legislation will help lower costs for working people by reigning in health care and prescription drug costs, investing in American manufacturing to bolster the production of clean energy, and ensuring billion-dollar corporations pay their fair share in taxes. The savings achieved in these areas will also decrease the national debt by $300 billion over the next decade.
Frias' death led to sharp criticism of Amazon from Reps. Donald Norcross and Frank Pallone, who called on federal labor officials to "investigate Amazon fully."
"People should feel confident that when they go to work they'll be safe and come home the way they went in," Rep. Donald Norcross (NJ-1) said after the Cartaret employee's death.
Rep. Norcross has asked for OSHA to investigate the serious injury rate at Amazon's warehouses which he says far exceeds the industrial average. He has also asked Amazon to improve conditions for its workers.