Latest Fact-Checks In Unions

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Tim Walz
Tim Walz
stated on September 21, 2024 an event in Bethlehem, Pa.
“The last union member on a national ticket (was) Ronald Reagan.”
False
By Louis Jacobson • September 24, 2024
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on December 19, 2021 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
Andrew Cuomo
Andrew Cuomo
stated on January 3, 2018 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
John DePetro
John DePetro
stated on September 20, 2015 blog
"Remember that developers are forced to use the ‘195 land union’ contractors, so tap an extra $10 million into any construction project."  
False
By Mark Reynolds • October 4, 2015
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on July 27, 2015 an interview
Says his political opponents "brought 100,000 protesters into our state."
False
July 30, 2015
Wisconsin State AFL-CIO
Wisconsin State AFL-CIO
stated on July 8, 2015 a Facebook post
Says "Scott Walker’s bad budget includes: No weekend for workers."
False
By Sarah Hauer • July 21, 2015
Ernest Almonte
Ernest Almonte
stated on October 19, 2014 a television commercial
Seth Magaziner "plans to spend billions more of your money."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 29, 2014
Vincent
Vincent "Buddy" Cianci
stated on September 21, 2014 an interview on WPRI-TV's "Newsmakers."
"In 2001 and '02 . . . we had the pension system funded at (the) 100% level in that year, and we did for two years at that point."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • September 28, 2014
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on April 1, 2014 an interview
A poll taken "a few months ago" found "70 percent approval or higher" for the Act 10 collective bargaining law.
False
April 6, 2014
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on November 19, 2013 a book
Protesters in La Crosse blocked an exit and surrounded a State Patrol car carrying the governor and were "beating on the windows and rocking the vehicle." When the car was "extricated" from the crowd, a truck blocked a second exit.  
False
By James B. Nelson • December 23, 2013
Ken Cuccinelli
Ken Cuccinelli
stated on June 21, 2013 a radio interview.
Says Terry McAuliffe "opposes" Virginia’s right-to-work law.
False
By Nancy Madsen, Warren Fiske • July 3, 2013
Bruce Hanna
Bruce Hanna
stated on March 6, 2013 a floor speech
Says, "The Democrats' proposed budget is also balanced by using more in new tax revenue than in total PERS reform or savings."
False
By Janie Har • March 23, 2013
SEIU
SEIU
stated on March 5, 2013 a lawsuit
"There is no clinical evidence that vaccinating healthcare workers protects patients."
False
By Michael McKinney • March 17, 2013
Mark S. Zaccaria
Mark S. Zaccaria
stated on November 25, 2012 TV niterview
Public employees receive "something like 25 percent of the paychecks that are issued in Rhode Island."
False
By John Hill • December 6, 2012
Stephen Laffey
Stephen Laffey
stated on March 2, 2012 a radio interview
Giant companies like Toyota will not locate in a state that has not passed a right-to-work law
False
By Edward Fitzpatrick • March 11, 2012
Ken Allen
Ken Allen
stated on February 16, 2012 a guest column
"We have 395 inmates pushed into triple-bunked cells intended for two inmates and bunked in classrooms and areas supposed to be designated for inmate labor."
False
By Janie Har • March 1, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on February 22, 2012 a primary debate in Arizona
"The president gave the (auto) companies to the UAW."
False
By Molly Moorhead • February 27, 2012
Maurice Thompson
Maurice Thompson
stated on November 10, 2011 a news conference
Says unemployment in Ohio "is significantly higher than the unemployment rate in states which are not forced union states and it’s always been that way."
False
By Aaron Marshall • November 21, 2011
Philip Keefe
Philip Keefe
stated on November 13, 2011 an appearance on 10 News Conference
"If they made no changes whatsoever, the [state employees pension] plan still had enough money to go forward for approximately the next 16 years."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • November 18, 2011
David Mellon
David Mellon
stated on October 27, 2011 testimony at a state pension hearing
"The job [of correctional officer] lowers your life expectancy . . . Metropolitan did a study in, I believe it was 1998, and the life expectancy was 58."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • November 16, 2011
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