Latest Fact-Checks In Unions

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Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on February 22, 2012 a primary debate in Arizona
"The president gave the (auto) companies to the UAW."
False
By Molly Moorhead • February 27, 2012
Nicholas Kettle
Nicholas Kettle
stated on January 27, 2012 a radio talk show
"If you look at states that are right to work, they constantly do not have budget deficits and they have very good business climates."
Mostly False
By Alex Kuffner • February 19, 2012
Kathleen Falk
Kathleen Falk
stated on January 8, 2012 a TV interview
Says she got unions to agree to "about $10 million in reduction" of salaries and health benefits while serving as Dane County executive in Wisconsin.
True
January 18, 2012
Club for Growth
Club for Growth
stated on January 4, 2012 a billboard ad
"Mayor Barrett saved Milwaukee $25 million, thanks to Gov. Walker’s reforms."
Mostly True
By Dave Umhoefer • January 15, 2012
Mike Tate
Mike Tate
stated on November 15, 2011 an interview on MSNBC
Says Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker "slashed" pensions and benefits for public employees.
Half-True
November 25, 2011
Maurice Thompson
Maurice Thompson
stated on November 10, 2011 a news conference
Says unemployment in Ohio "is significantly higher than the unemployment rate in states which are not forced union states and it’s always been that way."
False
By Aaron Marshall • November 21, 2011
Philip Keefe
Philip Keefe
stated on November 13, 2011 an appearance on 10 News Conference
"If they made no changes whatsoever, the [state employees pension] plan still had enough money to go forward for approximately the next 16 years."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • November 18, 2011
David Mellon
David Mellon
stated on October 27, 2011 testimony at a state pension hearing
"The job [of correctional officer] lowers your life expectancy . . . Metropolitan did a study in, I believe it was 1998, and the life expectancy was 58."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • November 16, 2011
Paul Valletta
Paul Valletta
stated on October 27, 2011 testimony at a General Assembly pension hearing
Rhode Island Treasurer Gina Raimondo "raised the mortality rate from 65 to 87" and "used a 1994 annuity chart" to create the pension crisis.
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • November 6, 2011
Building a Better Ohio
Building a Better Ohio
stated on October 14, 2011 a campaign commercial
"Government employees make 43 percent more in wages and benefits" than private-sector workers.
Mostly False
By Tom Feran • November 4, 2011
John Kasich
John Kasich
stated on October 31, 2011 a campaign speech
"They talk about this problem with binding arbitration. It doesn’t make a lot of sense to me to have somebody from Los Angeles fly into Zanesville and impose a wage settlement on you ... and then they’re on the plane back to Los Angeles."
Pants on Fire!
By Joe Guillen • November 3, 2011
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
Dave Yost
Dave Yost
stated on October 2, 2011 a newspaper column
"The city of Columbus would save $41 million a year if employees had to contribute to their own, guaranteed-check pensions."
Mostly True
By Henry J. Gomez • October 19, 2011
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
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
We Are Ohio
We Are Ohio
stated on September 27, 2011 a television commercial
"Senate Bill 5 makes it harder for nurses to give the patients the quality care they need."
Mostly False
By Joe Guillen • October 10, 2011
We Are Ohio
We Are Ohio
stated on September 13, 2011 a campaign commercial
Says that politicians who approved collective bargaining restrictions for public employees "exploited a loophole exempting themselves from Senate Bill 5."
Mostly False
By Joe Guillen • October 7, 2011
John Kasich
John Kasich
stated on August 25, 2011 a television interview
"We have asked public employees to pay 10 percent of the costs of their guaranteed pension and 15 percent of the cost of their health care. ... The leadership of those public employees unions don't want to pay anything."
Mostly False
By Tom Feran • September 27, 2011
Rhode Island Retirement Security Coalition
Rhode Island Retirement Security Coalition
stated on September 9, 2011 a YouTube video
"In the past six years alone, changes to the pension formula … have saved over half a billion dollars."
Mostly False
By Lynn Arditi • September 25, 2011
Building a Better Ohio
Building a Better Ohio
stated on September 6, 2011 a campaign commercial
Toledo Mayor "Mike Bell (once) lost his job as a firefighter because his city ran out of money."
True
By Tom Feran • September 23, 2011
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