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Kenneth Block
Kenneth Block
stated on April 14, 2014 a campaign website:
In Rhode Island, "Nearly 9 percent of covered employees go out on short term disability every year, with an average outage from work of almost 12 weeks each."
Half-True
By John Hill • April 15, 2014
Frank Annunziato
Frank Annunziato
stated on August 6, 2013 a newspaper interview:
Salaries for URI faculty are second to last among New England land grant universities and in lowest 20 percent of major U.S. research institutions
Half-True
By Gregory Smith • September 7, 2013
Jim Marston
Jim Marston
stated on April 22, 2013 a Texas Tribune interview:
Says Texas leads the nation in fatal industrial accidents.
Half-True
By Sue Owen • May 8, 2013
Cathy McMorris Rodgers
Cathy McMorris Rodgers
stated on April 10, 2013 an interview with NPR:
"We have the fewest people employed in this country since 1979."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • April 12, 2013
Jeff Fitzgerald
Jeff Fitzgerald
stated on March 21, 2012 an interview:
"Minnesota has passed and Indiana has passed" right to work laws making union membership and dues optional
Half-True
By Dave Umhoefer • June 11, 2012
Chris Abele
Chris Abele
stated on April 12, 2012 a statement to the Journal Sentinel:
"While Act 10 allowed (Milwaukee County) to save some money, it was millions short of what we needed to fill the hole left by the $28 million cut in state aid."
Half-True
By Steve Schultze • May 28, 2012
Rebecca Kleefisch
Rebecca Kleefisch
stated on May 13, 2012 an interview:
Says Democratic recall opponent Mahlon Mitchell sent a letter "encouraging folks to boycott more than 100 companies."
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • May 20, 2012
Ron Paul
Ron Paul
stated on February 28, 2012 a campaign commercial:
Says Rick Santorum "opposes right-to-work"
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • March 1, 2012
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on February 27, 2012 in a campaign appearance in Nashville.:
Says that Rick Santorum "voted for the unions over FedEx."
Half-True
By Bartholomew Sullivan • February 29, 2012
Rebecca Kleefisch
Rebecca Kleefisch
stated on December 18, 2011 an interview:
Wisconsin’s monthly job reports have a "margin of error" of 75 percent and were "way off" in eight of first 10 months of 2011.
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • January 4, 2012
George Nee
George Nee
stated on October 19, 2011 a pension forum:
"This is the first time in our state, and one of the first times in the country, where benefit reductions . . . has happened to people who are retired."
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 23, 2011
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on September 26, 2011 a television interview:
Says he never called teachers "thugs" and has said nothing but "great things" about them during the fight over his curbs on unions
Half-True
By Dave Umhoefer • October 13, 2011
Alliance for America's Future
Alliance for America's Future
stated on October 11, 2011 a campaign mailing:
"We just can’t afford to pay 100 percent of government employee benefits."
Half-True
By Tom Feran • October 12, 2011
John Kasich
John Kasich
stated on March 31, 2011 an interview on Fox News:
"In this bill that I’ve just signed, we don’t cut anybody’s salary. We don’t take away their pension. And we don’t destroy their health care."
Half-True
By Joe Guillen • April 19, 2011
Steve Moore
Steve Moore
stated on April 1, 2011 a column in the "Wall Street Journal":
The ratio of people working for the government and working in manufacturing today is "an almost exact reversal of the situation in 1960."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • April 6, 2011
Greater Wisconsin Committee
Greater Wisconsin Committee
stated on March 30, 2011 a television ad:
Says David Prosser = Scott Walker.
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • March 31, 2011
Scott Fitzgerald
Scott Fitzgerald
stated on March 10, 2011 a radio interview:
On the night of the Wisconsin state Senate vote on the budget package, "a mob showed up and busted down the door and took over the Capitol."
Half-True
By James B. Nelson • March 11, 2011
Travis Rowley
Travis Rowley
stated on February 22, 2011 a web commentary:
"Last year it was discovered that Rhode Island's public employees ranked 4th in average pay, while the private sector ranked 23rd."
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • March 7, 2011
AFL-CIO
AFL-CIO
stated on February 17, 2011 a television ad:
For thousands of public employees, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s budget-repair bill would "take away any say they have in the workplace, and eliminate their union."
Half-True
By Dave Umhoefer • February 17, 2011
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