Latest Fact-Checks In Unions

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Julie Su
Julie Su
stated on August 15, 2024 News conference
“400,000 workers are now in a union that were not in a union when (Biden) became president.”
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By Ricardo Torres • September 23, 2024
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on November 29, 2022 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."
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December 8, 2022
United Association’s Union Plumbers and Pipefitters Vote! PAC
United Association’s Union Plumbers and Pipefitters Vote! PAC
stated on September 15, 2020 a TV ad.
Nick Freitas “voted to let businesses discriminate and fire expecting mothers for no other reason but their pregnancy. ”
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By Warren Fiske • October 5, 2020
Randy Bryce
Randy Bryce
stated on March 14, 2018 an interview
"Our campaign staff was the first to unionize in the history of politics."
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April 25, 2018
Paul Doughty
Paul Doughty
stated on November 10, 2015 a tweet
"@Jorge_Elorza still think your plan is safe? Rescue Captain Kenyon just worked 96 hours straight. 96 hours."  
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By Mark Reynolds • November 22, 2015
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on September 25, 2015 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."
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October 7, 2015
stated on September 22, 2015 a speech
Every general City of Milwaukee employee "pays toward his or her pension, but approximately 88 percent of our police officers and firefighters do not."  
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September 30, 2015
Mark Pocan
Mark Pocan
stated on March 10, 2015 an interview
Wisconsin is "dead last in the Midwest for job creation."   
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March 16, 2015
Jon Erpenbach
Jon Erpenbach
stated on February 23, 2015 a Facebook post
"In general, it appears" Wisconsin’s right to work bill would "likely apply to" the Green Bay Packers players and their union.
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February 27, 2015
Robin Vos
Robin Vos
stated on November 5, 2014 an interview
In Wisconsin, unions can essentially give "unlimited" contributions to political parties, but business can't give any. 
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November 21, 2014
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on October 28, 2014 a meme on social media
Says the 1956 Republican Party platform supported equal pay, the minimum wage, asylum for refugees, protections for unions and more.
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By Nai Issa, Louis Jacobson • October 28, 2014
Ernest Almonte
Ernest Almonte
stated on October 5, 2014 an interview on WLNE's "On the Record"
"I was speaking out on pension reform almost 17 years ago."
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 20, 2014
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on September 3, 2014 a press release
Says Mary Burke’s Madison school district "will be the only school district left in the state" to "ignore the (Act 10) law" in the 2015-16 school year.
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By Dave Umhoefer • September 10, 2014
Gina Raimondo
Gina Raimondo
stated on August 26, 2014 a debate
"The pension fund in the city of Providence is only 30 percent funded, about the same level as when he [Taveras] took office."
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 31, 2014
Allan Fung
Allan Fung
stated on June 26, 2014 a letter to taxpayers
Cranston's 2014-2015 "budget funds 100 percent of the local police and fire pension and other retiree benefit costs."
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • July 9, 2014
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on November 27, 2013 an interview
Even after collective bargaining reforms, most Wisconsin public employees "are still paying about 12 to 13 percent" of their health insurance premiums, while most state residents who work in the private sector "pay 20 to 25 percent."  
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December 9, 2013
Mike Lee
Mike Lee
stated on August 4, 2013 a 'USA Today' op-ed
Says unions call Obamacare "bad for workers."
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By Jon Greenberg • August 21, 2013
Amalgamated Transit Union
Amalgamated Transit Union
stated on June 13, 2013 a newspaper ad
Says TriMet spends "$10.3 million in police contracts" a year for 56 transit police who must respond to non-transit calls
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By Janie Har • June 22, 2013
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on August 9, 2012 a video posted on YouTube
Says Jon Corzine "gave away 14 percent raises over 4 years and he stood on the front steps of the Capitol at a public-sector union rally and said, 'I will fight to get you a great contract.’"
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By Bill Wichert • August 20, 2012
Sheldon Whitehouse
Sheldon Whitehouse
stated on August 16, 2012 a speech on the floor of the U.S. Senate.
"An April study found that about 70 percent of ads in this election cycle have been negative [due to SuperPACs], up from only 9 percent through the same period in 2008."
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 5, 2012
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