Speaker Coughlin on Increase in New Jersey’s Minimum Wage

(TRENTON) – As the result of a bill sponsored by Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin (D-Middlesex) and signed into law by the Governor, the minimum wage in New Jersey increases to $11-an-hour beginning today. Coughlin released the following statement:

“With the new year comes a new minimum wage in New Jersey as we increase it to $11-an-hour. Too many workers aren’t earning enough to make ends meet, but, that is changing for New Jersey residents and future generations, as we continue to gradually raise the minimum wage and help alleviate poverty across our great state.”