Johnny Jones said he can only control what he can control—his attitude and service to travelers heading skyward to their destinations. As an essential worker for the federal government, his job with the Transportation Security Administration requires him to report to work regardless of whether the government is funded.

"We're going to go into work for not knowing how long we're going to be working without receiving our normal paycheck," Jones said. "And that's going to be a challenge for a lot of employees as most of us live paycheck to paycheck."

Jones is the president of the American Federation of Government Employees Local 1040, which represents 1,600 TSA union members in North Texas and 45,000 nationwide.

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