Senate concurrent resolution no. 136 State of new jersey 216th legislature
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SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION No. 136 STATE OF NEW JERSEY 216th LEGISLATURE INTRODUCED SEPTEMBER 15, 2014 Sponsored by: Senator JIM WHELAN District 2 (Atlantic) SYNOPSIS Urges Port Authority of New York and New Jersey to increase the minimum wage for workers at Atlantic City airport. CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT As introduced. 
A Concurrent Resolution urging the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey to increase the minimum wage for workers at the Atlantic City International Airport. Whereas, Many workers at the Atlantic City International Airport earn the current State minimum wage of $8.25 per hour, or approximately $17,000 per year for a full-time worker, which includes the increase of $1.00 per hour in the State’s minimum wage that has been in effect since January 1, 2014; and Whereas, Despite this recent increase, workers who earn the minimum wage continue to struggle to cope with increases in their cost of living; and Whereas, The federal minimum wage of $1.60 per hour in 1968 would be over $10.50 per hour today, when adjusted for inflation, if it had kept pace with the cost of living over the past 46 years; and Whereas, New Jersey is a high cost state and research conducted by Legal Services of New Jersey indicates that a single person working full time and earning minimum wage would only earn half of the necessary funds to meet the “real cost of living”; and Whereas, Legal Services of New Jersey further found that an adult with two school age children would need to earn approximately $57,000 to support a minimally adequate life budget, including: housing; health care; food; child care; and transportation in New Jersey; and Whereas, The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey’s Board of Commissioners adopted a minimum wage policy for contract workers at John F. Kennedy International, Newark Liberty International and LaGuardia airports on April 23, 2014; and Whereas, This new policy provides that contractors must pay an appropriate minimum wage to their workers with a dollar per hour increase as soon as practicable in 2014 for those earning $9 per hour or less and an increase to a minimum wage of $10.10 per hour in 2015; and Whereas, The Board of Commissioners also called for the contractors to provide Martin Luther King Jr. Day as a paid holiday and to develop plans for enhanced wages and benefits; and Whereas, The policy was adopted because, according to the Port Authority, the benefits of a higher paid staff include: increased morale; improved customer service; lower worker turnover; and increased experience for those employees who handle vital security functions; and Whereas, The Atlantic City International Airport is also operated by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, through a 15 year agreement with the South Jersey Transportation Authority, the government agency that owns the airport; and Whereas, Workers at the Atlantic City International Airport are not included in the new policy increasing the wages for workers at John F. Kennedy International, Newark Liberty International and LaGuardia airports; and Whereas, Many workers at the Atlantic City International Airport are paid minimum wage, which is not sufficient to support a family, or even a single person, in this high cost State; and Whereas, The Atlantic City International Airport employees should be treated equally to their North Jersey and New York counterparts and be paid a living wage; now, therefore, Be It Resolved by the Senate of the State of New Jersey (the General Assembly concurring): 1. The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey is respectfully urged to include workers at the Atlantic City International Airport in the policy adopted on April 23, 2014, increasing the wage of contract workers at John F. Kennedy International, Newark Liberty International and LaGuardia airports. 2. Copies of this resolution, as filed with the Secretary of State, shall be transmitted by the Clerk of the General Assembly or the Secretary of the Senate to the Executive Director and Deputy Executive Director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, and each member of the Board of Commissioners of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey appointed by the Governor of the State of New Jersey. STATEMENT This concurrent resolution urges the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey to include workers at the Atlantic City International Airport in the policy adopted by the Port Authority’s Board of Commissioners on April 23, 2014. This new policy provides that contractors must pay an appropriate minimum wage to their workers at John F. Kennedy International, Newark Liberty International and LaGuardia airports. The policy requires that contractors provide a dollar per hour increase as soon as practicable in 2014 for those earning $9 per hour or less and an increase to a minimum wage of $10.10 per hour in 2015. Directory: 20142015 -> SCR 20142015 -> Assembly resolution no. 186 State of new jersey 216th legislature 20142015 -> Assembly, No. 3809 state of new jersey 216th legislature 20142015 -> Senate, No. 2351 state of new jersey 216th legislature 20142015 -> Assembly, No. 4835 state of new jersey 216th legislature 20142015 -> Assembly resolution no. 108 State of new jersey 216th legislature SCR -> State of new jersey 20142015 -> Senate resolution no. 53 State of new jersey 216th legislature 20142015 -> Assembly, No. 2791 state of new jersey 216th legislature SCR -> Senate concurrent resolution no. 136 State of new jersey 216th legislature Download 18.78 Kb. Share with your friends:
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