We're attending the State of the Union to fight for federal contractors
The Hill. By Reps. Donald Norcross and Robert Martinez Jr.
...Approximately 5,000 out of the nearly 35,000 employees of federal contractors represented by the Machinists Union lost wages or paid leave because of the recent government shutdown, including many veterans. An estimated 1.2 million employees of federal contractors in all were affected by shutdown. Through no fault of their own, federal contractor employees and their families missed payments on their mortgages, loans, health care premiums and other expenses.
...As President Trump addresses the state of our union, we're hoping he talks about making all hardworking Americans whole who were negatively impacted by the reckless shutdown he caused. Contractor employees and federal employees work alongside one another and their pain is just as real.