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Lisa Subeck
Lisa Subeck
stated on February 16, 2024 X, formerly Twitter
“The United States is an outlier, one of only about half a dozen countries, without any guarantee of paid leave for new parents and/or other health care needs.”
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By D.L. Davis • April 16, 2024
Tim Kaine
Tim Kaine
stated on March 15, 2022 a tweet.
“Virginia women are paid 80 cents for every dollar paid to Virginia men.”
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By Warren Fiske • March 18, 2022
Mandela Barnes
Mandela Barnes
stated on May 23, 2021 Twitter
“It’s been over 50 years since minimum (wage) and inflation parted ways, then over a decade since the federal minimum went up at all.”
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By Madeline Heim • June 19, 2021
Glenn Grothman
Glenn Grothman
stated on June 8, 2021 Twitter
“We have a record 9.3 million job openings in the U.S.”
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By Laura Schulte • June 18, 2021
Mark Born
Mark Born
stated on June 2, 2021 Twitter
“Before the pandemic, just over 40,000 were on continuing UI claims. Now, there are well over 100,000 on state or federal UI benefits.”
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By D.L. Davis • June 18, 2021
Mandela Barnes
Mandela Barnes
stated on May 23, 2021 Twitter
“Since 1978, CEO compensation rose over 1,000% and only 11.9% for average workers.”
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By Madeline Heim • June 2, 2021
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on April 15, 2020 comments at a virtual town hall meeting
“Until this week, they [OSHA] weren’t even enforcing these guidelines [for coronavirus]. Still today, OSHA is not specifying which rules employees must follow or how to keep their workers safe and healthy.”
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By Victoria Knight • April 22, 2020
Jack Whitver
Jack Whitver
stated on April 7, 2020 an email newsletter
Before COVID-19, “Iowa had one of the lowest unemployment rates in the country, and many employers were scrambling to find qualified employees to fill their job openings.”
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By Caleb McCullough • April 14, 2020
Bobby Scott
Bobby Scott
stated on July 15, 2019 a hearing
"Studies show at the minimum wage, you can’t rent a two-bedroom apartment anywhere in the United States...a modest, two-bedroom apartment."  
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By Warren Fiske • July 30, 2019
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on May 6, 2019 a tweet
"99.4% of businesses in Wisconsin are small businesses," and they employ "nearly half of our workforce."
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By Eric Litke • May 7, 2019
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on April 27, 2019 a rally
"The unemployment rate for Wisconsin workers has reached historic lows. It’s never been this low before, ever, ever, ever."
True
By Mica Soellner • May 2, 2019
E. Gordon Gee
E. Gordon Gee
stated on January 14, 2019 an op-ed
West Virginia has "the nation’s lowest workforce participation rate, which hovers around 50 percent, when the national average is about 63 percent."
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By Erica Anderson, Molly DeCarli • February 27, 2019
Andrew Cuomo
Andrew Cuomo
stated on December 17, 2018 a speech
New York has passed "the best paid family leave" program in the United States of America.
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By Jill Terreri Ramos • January 7, 2019
Ann Wagner
Ann Wagner
stated on August 27, 2018 a tweet
"Since passage of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, Walmart 'increased their starting wage to $11/hr & has given about $400 million in bonuses.'"
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By Hannah Archambault, Matthew Hall • October 5, 2018
Patrick Morrisey
Patrick Morrisey
stated on February 21, 2018 a tweet
"The impending work stoppage is unlawful."
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By Louis Jacobson • February 26, 2018
Ivanka Trump
Ivanka Trump
stated on June 12, 2017 an interview on "Fox & Friends"
"There are currently 6 million jobs available in this country that are due in part to the skills gap."
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By Louis Jacobson • June 16, 2017
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on December 2, 2016 a radio interview.
"We adopted the modern Social Security system at a time when the average person died before they were old enough to get Social Security."
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By Warren Fiske • December 12, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on July 5, 2016 a speech in Charlotte, N.C.
Says Donald Trump "wants to get rid of the federal minimum wage."
True
By Will Doran • July 8, 2016
Thomas Perez
Thomas Perez
stated on June 18, 2016 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."
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By Sean Gorman • June 29, 2016
Joe Roman
Joe Roman
stated on April 25, 2016 a Plain Dealer article
Says $15-an-hour proposal in Cleveland is "the most aggressive minimum wage increase in the country."  
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By Nadia Pflaum • May 9, 2016
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