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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.”
True
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.”
True
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.”
True
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.”
True
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.”
True
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.”
True
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.”
True
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.”
True
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."  
True
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."
True
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."
True
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.
True
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.'"
True
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."
True
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."
True
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."
True
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."
True
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."  
True
By Nadia Pflaum • May 9, 2016
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