Ken Beiersdorf

Ken Beiersdorf built a 20-year career at the Census Bureau's Contact Center in Tucson, Arizona, conducting phone interviews for surveys that produced the monthly jobs numbers and other key statistics until the shutdown began.

He and about 100 of his co-workers got layoff notices because of, the Trump administration says, a lack of funding.

Unions led by the American Federation of Government Employees sued, and a judge has now put layoffs for those workers on hold.

But Beierdorf says if those layoffs go through, he's worried the accuracy of the data the country relies on to make decisions will take a major hit.

Anzi Luang, NPR News.