Fact Check Posts – Page 2

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."

By Mark Reynolds • October 4, 2015

Jon Erpenbach
stated on September 25, 2015 an interview:

Says Scott Walker "said he wouldn't touch" the state civil service system but now supports overhauling it.

By Tom Kertscher • October 2, 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."

By Tom Kertscher • September 30, 2015

Scott Walker
stated on September 14, 2015 a campaign proposal:

Says he will pursue change in federal law to protect employees from "extortion from a union" because "the Supreme Court has ruled that federal prohibitions outlawing extortion usually do not apply to unions."

By Tom Kertscher • September 17, 2015

Russ Feingold
stated on August 18, 2015 a speech:

Says Ron Johnson "opposes entirely a federal minimum wage," except perhaps for "guest workers."

By Tom Kertscher • August 27, 2015

Scott Walker
stated on July 27, 2015 an interview:

Says his political opponents "brought 100,000 protesters into our state."

By Tom Kertscher • July 30, 2015

Wisconsin State AFL-CIO
stated on July 8, 2015 a Facebook post:

Says "Scott Walker’s bad budget includes: No weekend for workers."

By Sarah Hauer • July 21, 2015

Scott Walker
stated on June 2, 2015 a speech:

Thanks to the Act 10 collective bargaining law that took effect four years ago, ACT scores in Wisconsin "are now second-best in the country for states where more than half the kids take the exam."

By Tom Kertscher • June 12, 2015

Mark Pocan
stated on March 10, 2015 an interview:

Wisconsin is "dead last in the Midwest for job creation."

By Tom Kertscher • March 16, 2015

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.

By Tom Kertscher • February 27, 2015

Scott Walker
stated on February 20, 2015 a statement:

On supporting right to work legislation in 2015

By Tom Kertscher • February 23, 2015

George Nee
stated on February 5, 2015 testimony before R.I. House Labor Committee:

Rhode Island "is one of the worst states" for income equality.

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • February 22, 2015

Scott Walker
stated on January 21, 2015 an interview:

"Documents released from the Soviet Union" show "the Soviet Union started treating" President Ronald Reagan more seriously after Reagan fired the air traffic controllers.

By Tom Kertscher • January 28, 2015

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.

By Tom Kertscher • November 21, 2014

Ernest Almonte
stated on October 19, 2014 a television commercial:

Seth Magaziner "plans to spend billions more of your money."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 29, 2014

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.

By Nai Issa, Louis Jacobson • October 28, 2014

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."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 20, 2014

Local 799 of the International Assoc. of Fire Fighters
stated on October 8, 2014 in a mailer:

"Elorza wants to teach our public school children about the ‘non-existence of God.’"

By Alex Kuffner • October 19, 2014

Jorge Elorza
stated on September 30, 2014 a Providence Journal-WPRI debate:

"We have a retiree that is collecting a $17,000 paycheck a month . . . tax free."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 5, 2014

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."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • September 28, 2014

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