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Latest Fact-Checks In Unions

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Tim Walz
Tim Walz
stated on September 21, 2024 in an event in Bethlehem, Pa.:
“The last union member on a national ticket (was) Ronald Reagan.”
False
By Louis Jacobson • September 24, 2024
Julie Su
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.”
Mostly True
By Ricardo Torres • September 23, 2024
Donald Trump
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.”
Mostly False
By Maria Ramirez Uribe, Marta Campabadal Graus • February 23, 2024
Kevin Brady
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.”
True
By Tom Kertscher • December 14, 2022
Bernie Sanders
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."
Mostly True
By Tom Kertscher • December 8, 2022
Facebook posts
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'?"
False
By Bill McCarthy • December 21, 2021
United Association’s Union Plumbers and Pipefitters Vote! PAC
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. ”
Mostly True
By Warren Fiske • October 5, 2020
Joe Biden
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."
True
By Chris Nichols • December 18, 2019
Leah Vukmir
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."
Pants on Fire!
By D.L. Davis • September 4, 2018
Republican Party of Wisconsin
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."
Half-True
By D.L. Davis • August 9, 2018
Randy Bryce
Randy Bryce
stated on March 14, 2018 in an interview:
"Our campaign staff was the first to unionize in the history of politics."
Mostly True
By Tom Kertscher • April 25, 2018
Mahlon Mitchell
Mahlon Mitchell
stated on January 17, 2018 in a tweet:
"When @ScottWalker told firefighters we didn’t need to worry about Act 10, we said hell no, we stand with working Wisconsinites everywhere."
Mostly False
By Eric Litke • March 7, 2018
Andrew Cuomo
Andrew Cuomo
stated on January 3, 2018 in his State of the State address:
"A case before Washington’s Supreme Court seeks to effectively end public labor unions."
False
By Dan Clark • January 17, 2018
Eric Holcomb
Eric Holcomb
stated on October 24, 2017 in a campaign ad:
"We’re growing union jobs faster than Illinois."
True
By Matt Dietrich • November 3, 2017
Karen Lewis
Karen Lewis
stated on September 4, 2017 in a blog post:
The new Illinois school funding formula "created a tax shelter for the wealthy and a voucher program…"
Half-True
By Matt Dietrich • September 12, 2017
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on September 6, 2016 in a rally in Tampa:
"That's legal: If you find out about somebody else's salary even if you're doing exactly the same job, you can be retaliated against, including being fired, in most places."
Mostly False
By Lauren Carroll • September 9, 2016
Thomas Perez
Thomas Perez
stated on June 18, 2016 in an interview.:
"If you are a member of  union, your median weekly income is roughly $200 more than if you are a nonunion member, and that doesn’t include benefits."
True
By Sean Gorman • June 29, 2016
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on May 10, 2016 in a news release:
The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee has "2.8 students per faculty" member, "tied for second-lowest in its history since 1994."
Pants on Fire!
By Tom Kertscher • May 13, 2016
Paul Doughty
Paul Doughty
stated on November 10, 2015 in a tweet:
"@Jorge_Elorza still think your plan is safe? Rescue Captain Kenyon just worked 96 hours straight. 96 hours."  
Mostly True
By Mark Reynolds • November 22, 2015
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on September 25, 2015 in comments to reporters:
A state agency wanted to fire an employee who spent four hours per day watching pornography, but the state "employment commission reinstated the person."
Mostly True
By Tom Kertscher • October 7, 2015
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