Congressional reps. guests help send message before State of the Union

Burlington County Times. By David Levinsky

...Joining Rep. Donald Norcross, D-1st of Camden, for the speech was Robert Martinez Jr., the president of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, a union representing thousands of workers employed by federal contractors that lost pay or were forced to use leave or vacation time during the 35-day shutdown.

..."Within days after the shutdown federal employees were approved to for their back pay to make them whole, but people don't realize how many other employees whose lives were put on hold," Norcross said Tuesday before the president's speech. "They suffered just as bad, at no fault of their own, and we need to show we can do the right thing for them too."

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