New Jersey immigrant groups are voicing outrage after a bill to extend protections for temporary workers was pulled from a final vote on the state Senate floor.
Sen. Fred Madden pulled his support citing a conflict of interest that had developed, but he didn’t say what. Sen. Vin Gopal also toldthat even though he’d voted for earlier iterations of the bill, he wanted to “do my due diligence” after a small temp agency in his district raised concerns about transparency and pricing. Another two Democrats who’d previously supported the bill weren’t present Monday.
Immigrant group members interrupted the voting session with protests, chanting and demanding the bill move ahead. About 60 people were expelled from the session, according to theThe bill would ban temp agencies from making unitemized paycheck deductions for costs such as meals or transportation to and from work sites, which would often lower a worker’s pay below minimum wage. It would also require temp agencies to tell their workers where they are going to work and how much they will get paid.
Additionally, the bill would make clear that workers have to be transported in vehicles to work sites that meet capacity limits and have one seatbelt per person. “We cannot wait any longer. We demand the New Jersey Senate to bring the Temp Workers’ Bill of Rights to the Senate floor for a final vote immediately,” Mercado said.
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