Latest Fact-Checks In Jobs

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Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce
Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce
stated on March 9, 2021 Twitter
“Right to Work states have: faster private sector employment growth”
Half-True
By Nusaiba Mizan • June 9, 2021
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on May 18, 2021 an interview
“We now have more job openings than we do people who are on unemployment. We have 60% more job openings today than we did the month before the pandemic hit the state of Texas.”
True
By Brandon Mulder • May 21, 2021
Lindsay James
Lindsay James
stated on May 11, 2021 a tweet
“There are more job openings than there are people on unemployment" in Iowa.
True
By Lyle Muller • May 12, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on April 24, 2021 a Facebook post
“A year ago we had the lowest unemployment in history without using taxpayers money.”
False
May 5, 2021
Kevin McCarthy
Kevin McCarthy
stated on March 14, 2021 an interview on Fox News
“Democrats have accomplished a lot in just 2 months ... 1 Million energy jobs destroyed.”
Pants on Fire!
By Jon Greenberg • March 17, 2021
Amy Pechacek
Amy Pechacek
stated on December 20, 2020 News release
“We have reached our goal to clear the backlog of (unemployment) claims.”
Half-True
By Laura Schulte • March 17, 2021
Gordon Hintz
Gordon Hintz
stated on February 23, 2021 a speech
Republicans are “trying to create a fake unemployment insurance crisis.”
False
By Eric Litke • March 4, 2021
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on January 21, 2021 Facebook post
The shutdown of the Keystone Pipeline project will mean “nearly 2,000 (union jobs lost) with Wisconsin companies”
Mostly True
By Nusaiba Mizan • February 26, 2021
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on February 16, 2021 remarks at a CNN town hall
"If we kept (the minimum wage) indexed to inflation, people would be making $20 an hour right now.”
False
By Louis Jacobson • February 18, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on February 11, 2021 a Facebook post
Says Nabisco is closing plants in Georgia and New Jersey and “moving to Mexico” because of Biden’s election.
False
By Madison Czopek • February 15, 2021
Kevin McCarthy
Kevin McCarthy
stated on February 9, 2021 a press release
Raising the national minimum wage to $15 per hour “would destroy up to 3.7 million jobs.”
False
By Chris Nichols • February 11, 2021
Jim Steineke
Jim Steineke
stated on January 17, 2021 a TV interview
Gov. Tony Evers “has the authority and revenue necessary” to upgrade the Wisconsin unemployment system without the Legislature.
Mostly False
By Eric Litke • February 3, 2021
Tony Evers
Tony Evers
stated on January 12, 2021 Speech
"The Legislature spent the last decade passing laws deliberately making it even harder for people to access these critical supports when they need it most, exacerbating the problems with our already-outdated system.”
Half-True
By Laura Schulte • February 2, 2021
Kevin Brady
Kevin Brady
stated on January 22, 2021 a tweet
Says that Biden’s ban on new federal leases will kill 120,000 Texas jobs.
Half-True
By Brandon Mulder • January 29, 2021
Jennifer Boysko
Jennifer Boysko
stated on January 18, 2021 a committee debate.
“The United States is the only industrialized, modernized country that does not already have a paid family medical leave program in place.”
True
By Warren Fiske • January 28, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on January 20, 2021 an image
"By revoking the Keystone pipeline permit, Biden is destroying 11,000 jobs.”
Half-True
By Daniel Funke • January 21, 2021
Sarah Godlewski
Sarah Godlewski
stated on January 9, 2021 Twitter
“It wasn’t all women that lost jobs (in the December jobs report), it was mostly Black and Latina women. In fact, white women gained employment.”
True
By Nusaiba Mizan • January 15, 2021
Kim Reynolds
Kim Reynolds
stated on January 7, 2021 a news conference
Before COVID-19, “more Iowans (were) working than at any other time in our state history."
True
January 11, 2021
Vicky Hartzler
Vicky Hartzler
stated on November 6, 2020 a tweet
Unemployment report shows “America is bouncing back.”
Mostly True
By Veronica Mohesky • November 18, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 17, 2020 an interview
Foxconn hasn't hit job targets on its massive Wisconsin factory because "No. 1, you had a pandemic."
False
By Eric Litke • October 23, 2020
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