Unions Scorecard True 0% 15 Checks Mostly True 0% 26 Checks Half True 0% 0 Checks Mostly False 0% 26 Checks False 0% 25 Checks Pants on Fire 0% 8 Checks For more details, see the Principles of PolitiFact All Fact-checks for Unions Tim Walz stated on September 21, 2024 in an event in Bethlehem, Pa.: “The last union member on a national ticket (was) Ronald Reagan.” By Louis Jacobson • September 24, 2024 Julie Su stated on August 15, 2024 in News conference: “400,000 workers are now in a union that were not in a union when (Biden) became president.” By Ricardo Torres • September 23, 2024 Donald Trump stated on February 17, 2024 in a rally: “The biggest threat to your unions is millions of people coming across the border, because you're not gonna have your jobs anymore.” By Maria Ramirez Uribe • February 23, 2024 Kevin Brady stated on December 8, 2022 in a statement: Joe Biden’s $36 billion for a union pension fund is “the largest private pension bailout in American history.” December 14, 2022 Bernie Sanders stated on November 29, 2022 in an interview: In the first three quarters of 2022, “the railroad industry made $21 billion in profits, provided $25 billion in stock buybacks and dividends” and CEOs are paid up to $20 million a year, while railroad workers have "zero guaranteed sick leave." December 8, 2022 Facebook posts stated on December 19, 2021 in a Facebook post: Says Kellogg’s tweeted, “Oh, so you think it's cool when workers strike jobs? Now replace 'jobs' with 'women.' Still think it's 'cool'?" By Bill McCarthy • December 21, 2021 United Association’s Union Plumbers and Pipefitters Vote! PAC stated on September 15, 2020 in a TV ad.: Nick Freitas “voted to let businesses discriminate and fire expecting mothers for no other reason but their pregnancy. ” By Warren Fiske • October 5, 2020 Joe Biden stated on December 12, 2019 in a campaign ad: California firefighters decided "to speak out" against President Trump because his tweet about the state’s wildfires "contained so much misinformation." By Chris Nichols • December 18, 2019 Leah Vukmir stated on July 26, 2018 in a public forum: Says "I have been through the gauntlet, when we had riots in that Capitol." By D.L. Davis • September 4, 2018 Republican Party of Wisconsin stated on August 1, 2018 in a news release: Says Mahlon Mitchell "received a massive raise on the backs of hard-working firefighters and turned the union into his own personal political slush fund." By D.L. Davis • August 9, 2018 Load More Latest Articles Has Act 10 saved Wisconsin taxpayers $16.8 billion? Here’s what we could find By Hope Karnopp • December 13, 2023 A look back at our Act 10 fact checks By Eric Litke • February 9, 2021 Checking Evers’ promises on Act 10, prisons, commissions By Eric Litke • January 22, 2021
