House Passed Congressmen Norcross-Led Raise the Wage Act
New Jersey State AFL-CIO
...Today, the House passed the Raise the Wage Act, a bill that would gradually raise the federal minimum wage to $15 per hour by 2025. If the Raise the Wage Act becomes law, American workers would see the first federal minimum wage increase in more than 10 years.
...Congressman Norcross has a long history of fighting to raise wages. As both a business agent for International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 351 and President of the Southern New Jersey AFL-CIO, he fought day in and day out to ensure South Jersey workers had good-paying jobs
..."Today is a good day for America's workers. The House of Representatives finally voted for the first time in more than a decade to lift fulltime workers out of poverty and I want to specifically thank every single one of New Jersey's representatives for standing up for working families," said Congressman Norcross.