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Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on February 18, 2025 a post on Facebook
Former President Joe Biden “fired” 14,000 Keystone XL pipeline workers “​​on day one” of his administration.
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By Madison Czopek • February 26, 2025
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on January 2, 2025 a statement to the media
H-1B guest workers are “being employed as dog trainers, massage therapists, cooks, and English teachers.”
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • January 9, 2025
Tim Walz
Tim Walz
stated on August 14, 2024 a speech in California
Former President Donald Trump “cut overtime benefits for millions of workers.”
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • August 20, 2024
Alex Mooney
Alex Mooney
stated on August 21, 2023 a campaign website
Jim Justice "opposes the Right to Work”
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By Madison Ely • October 24, 2023
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on October 27, 2021 an Instagram post
A video shows “your packages were rerouted and have arrived in the port of Miami” as a result of Gov. Ron DeSantis.
Mostly False
By Gabrielle Settles • November 5, 2021
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on August 10, 2018 a tweet
"Most of that money (made by the NFL) goes to the players."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • August 13, 2018
Matt Flynn
Matt Flynn
stated on April 12, 2018 a TV interview
Says Foxconn "is under investigation in mainland China for securities fraud, environmental fraud and labor fraud."
Mostly False
By Ahmed Elbenni • July 31, 2018
Mahlon Mitchell
Mahlon Mitchell
stated on April 30, 2018 a website campaign statement
Says he was "instrumental to passing two (recent) pieces of legislation that were a huge victory for firefighters across the state."
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By Eric Litke • May 7, 2018
Kirsten Gillibrand
Kirsten Gillibrand
stated on May 16, 2017 a speech at a conference
A national paid leave program "would potentially put into the economy $21 billion dollars annually."
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By Dan Clark • June 15, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 6, 2016 a speech in North Carolina
Says "Hillary Clinton set aside environmental and labor rules to help a South Korean company with a record of violating workers’ rights set up what amounts to a sweatshop in Haiti."
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By Jon Greenberg • October 11, 2016
Enterprise Florida
Enterprise Florida
stated on April 27, 2016 Enterprise Florida radio ads in California
"Seven hundred thousand. That’s how many California jobs will be lost thanks to the politicians raising the minimum wage….Now Florida is adding one million jobs, not losing them."
Mostly False
By Linda Qiu • May 4, 2016
Jon Erpenbach
Jon Erpenbach
stated on September 25, 2015 an interview
Says Scott Walker "said he wouldn't touch" the state civil service system but now supports overhauling it.
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October 2, 2015
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on September 14, 2015 a campaign proposal
Says he will pursue change in federal law to protect employees from "extortion from a union" because "the Supreme Court has ruled that federal prohibitions outlawing extortion usually do not apply to unions."  
Mostly False
September 17, 2015
Viral image
Viral image
stated on September 6, 2015 a Facebook post
"Unions did not create" the eight-hour work day and the 40-hour work week. "Henry Ford did."
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By Louis Jacobson • September 9, 2015
Mark Warner
Mark Warner
stated on June 4, 2015 an interview.
Millennials "will be 75 percent of the workforce in the next 10 years."
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By Sean Gorman • June 15, 2015
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on June 2, 2015 a speech
Thanks to the Act 10 collective bargaining law that took effect four years ago, ACT scores in Wisconsin "are now second-best in the country for states where more than half the kids take the exam."
Mostly False
June 12, 2015
Lincoln Chafee
Lincoln Chafee
stated on May 10, 2015 an interview on CNN
"We had the biggest drop of the rate of unemployment (in) all but 4 states."
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By Mark Reynolds • May 10, 2015
Viral BuzzFeed
Viral BuzzFeed
stated on April 20, 2015 video
Women make only 78 percent of what men make for the same job.  
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By Jim Tharpe, Nancy Badertscher • April 22, 2015
Kurt Bauer
Kurt Bauer
stated on February 10, 2015 a panel discussion
Ninety-five percent of the money used for union-operated worker training centers comes from employers.
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By James B. Nelson • February 27, 2015
George Nee
George Nee
stated on February 5, 2015 testimony before R.I. House Labor Committee
Rhode Island "is one of the worst states" for income equality.
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • February 22, 2015
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