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Building a Better Ohio
Building a Better Ohio
stated on September 15, 2011 a campaign commercial
Says the reforms in state Issue 2 "will save taxpayer dollars"
Mostly True
By Peter Krouse • October 17, 2011
We Are Ohio
We Are Ohio
stated on September 2, 2011 a campaign commercial
"Issue 2 makes it illegal for us to negotiate for enough firefighters to do the job."
Mostly True
By Joe Guillen • September 9, 2011
Joseph Andriole
Joseph Andriole
stated on August 2, 2011 a TV story
The Central Falls fire department is "one of the lowest, if not the lowest, paid fire departments in the state and entire region."
Mostly True
By Lynn Arditi • August 28, 2011
Gina Raimondo
Gina Raimondo
stated on July 10, 2011 an appearance on 10 News Conference
"The average 401(k) in America of a person who's 60 years old is under $100,000."
Mostly True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • July 24, 2011
Bill Kristol
Bill Kristol
stated on July 3, 2011 an interview on "Fox News Sunday"
Forty percent of union members voted Republican in 2008.
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • July 7, 2011
United for a Fair Economy
United for a Fair Economy
stated on June 7, 2011 a chart
From 1947 to 1979, family incomes for rich, middle-income and poor Americans grew about the same rate. But since 1979, incomes for rich families have grown much faster.
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • July 5, 2011
Chris Redfern
Chris Redfern
stated on May 4, 2011 a radio interview
"The Ohio Democratic Party has raised $1.1 million since the November election. A very small percentage of that has come from organized labor."
Mostly True
By Mark Naymik • May 17, 2011
Jesse Jackson
Jesse Jackson
stated on April 4, 2011 a TV interview, as well as other venues
Milwaukee is "the most segregated city in America."
Mostly True
April 18, 2011
David Pepper
David Pepper
stated on March 10, 2011 an Ohio House committee hearing
"Many states without collective bargaining, such as Arizona, Nevada and North Carolina, have far larger budget deficits than many that do, including Ohio."
Mostly True
By Reginald Fields • April 11, 2011
Chris Abele
Chris Abele
stated on March 22, 2011 a campaign appearance
Says Milwaukee County Parks director Sue Black has not received a pay raise in five years.
Mostly True
By James B. Nelson • March 28, 2011
Armond Budish
Armond Budish
stated on March 17, 2011 a letter to editor in The Plain Dealer
Says "legislation pending in the House would effectively limit or eliminate ‘time-and-a-half’ for people who work overtime."
Mostly True
By Joe Guillen • March 25, 2011
stated on March 11, 2011 a newspaper interview
"Eleven years ago, the city of Detroit lifted the residency requirement for police officers and today, 53 percent of officers live outside of the city. If we want the tax base of Milwaukee to resemble the tax base of Detroit, this is the way to go."
Mostly True
By Dave Umhoefer • March 22, 2011
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on February 20, 2011 an appearance on a TV interview program
Wisconsin state and local government workers pay "$500, $600 or in some cases, $1,000" per year in union dues.
Mostly True
March 8, 2011
Bill O'Reilly
Bill O'Reilly
stated on February 24, 2011 on Fox News' "The O'Reilly Factor"
"The right-to-work states have much lower level of unemployment than the union states do."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • February 28, 2011
Tim Kaine
Tim Kaine
stated on February 19, 2011 a speech at the Jefferson-Jackson dinner.
Under former President George W. Bush’s administration "while the population in that period grew by 10 percent, the number of jobs in the nation grew by 1 percent."
Mostly True
By Sean Gorman • February 26, 2011
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on February 21, 2011 a news conference
If public employees don’t pay more for benefits starting April 1, 2011, "the equivalent" is 1,500 state employee layoffs by June 30, 2011 and 10,000 to 12,000 state and local government employee layoffs in the next two years.
Mostly True
February 25, 2011
Republican Party of Wisconsin
Republican Party of Wisconsin
stated on February 19, 2011 a news release
At protests in Wisconsin against proposed collective bargaining changes, "phony sick notes (were) passed out to excuse striking union members."
Mostly True
February 21, 2011
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on December 7, 2010 a luncheon speech at the Milwaukee Press Club
The state is able to sharply curtail contract bargaining rights for state employee unions.
Mostly True
By James B. Nelson • January 7, 2011
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