UNION LEADERS, DEMOCRATIC LAWMAKERS ADDRESS VERIZON STRIKERS AT STATE HOUSE RALLY

NJ Spotlight. By John Reitmeyer

...More than 30,000 unionized Verizon workers have been striking for nearly two weeks after an ongoing dispute over pay, healthcare, and other labor issues could not be resolved at the bargaining table.

..."This is really a microcosm of what's going on in our entire country," Norcross said.

...In Congress, Norcross, a former union worker, is backing legislation to increase the federal minimum wage over time to $15 an hour. That would result in more than doubling the current $7.25 minimum wage.

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