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Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on January 6, 2014 an interview
"Jobs that involve the minimum wage are overwhelmingly jobs for young people starting out in the workforce."
False
By Dave Umhoefer • January 13, 2014
Gene Sperling
Gene Sperling
stated on January 5, 2014 an interview on CNN's "State of the Union"
"Our economy still has three people looking for every job (opening)."
True
By Julie Kliegman • January 7, 2014
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on November 19, 2013 a book
Protesters in La Crosse blocked an exit and surrounded a State Patrol car carrying the governor and were "beating on the windows and rocking the vehicle." When the car was "extricated" from the crowd, a truck blocked a second exit.  
False
By James B. Nelson • December 23, 2013
Vicki Shabo
Vicki Shabo
stated on December 12, 2013 an interview on MSNBC's "The Cycle"
"About 40 percent of workers don’t ... have a single paid sick day."
Mostly True
By Katie Sanders • December 17, 2013
One Wisconsin Now
One Wisconsin Now
stated on November 27, 2013 an email
"The Walton family, which owns Wal-Mart, controls a fortune equal to the wealth of the bottom 42 percent of Americans combined."
True
December 8, 2013
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on November 20, 2013 a Facebook posting
"Since 1988, Congress has raised its own salary 15 times 'to reflect rising costs.' But raised the minimum wage only three times."
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • December 2, 2013
Gina Raimondo
Gina Raimondo
stated on October 21, 2013 a fundraising letter.
"Providence has more of its pension fund invested in hedge funds and is less transparent" about it than the state.
Mostly True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • November 3, 2013
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
stated on October 8, 2013 in a press release
Chris Christie "cut equal pay for women, calling it 'senseless bureaucracy.' "
Mostly False
By Julie Kliegman • October 17, 2013
Jennifer Parrish
Jennifer Parrish
stated on September 5, 2013 a newspaper commentary
"Six years after unionization, 20,000 fewer children in Illinois were being served by the Child Care and Development Fund program."
Mostly False
By Gregory Smith • October 13, 2013
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
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on July 29, 2013 a speech
Says President Franklin Delano Roosevelt "felt there wasn’t a need in the public sector to have collective bargaining because the government is the people."
True
By Dave Umhoefer • August 14, 2013
Patricia Morgan
Patricia Morgan
stated on July 2, 2013 a speech on the House floor.
In Rhode Island, 9 percent of workers use the state's temporary disability insurance program each year while in New Jersey, the rate is only 3 percent.
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • July 14, 2013
Ken Cuccinelli
Ken Cuccinelli
stated on June 21, 2013 a radio interview.
Says Terry McAuliffe "opposes" Virginia’s right-to-work law.
False
By Nancy Madsen, Warren Fiske • July 3, 2013
Family Forward Oregon
Family Forward Oregon
stated on May 8, 2013 a flier
Says paid family leave is "a program that is standard in all but five nations around the world."
Mostly True
By Janie Har • May 18, 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
Ed FitzGerald
Ed FitzGerald
stated on April 24, 2013 a campaign speech
"Just about everyone everywhere is spending more hours on the job, less time with their families, bringing home smaller and smaller paychecks, while they're paying more and more at the gas pump and the grocery stores."
Mostly True
By Tom Feran • May 3, 2013
Melvin Sickler
Melvin Sickler
stated on March 14, 2013 a U.S. Senate hearing
Says Oregon’s high minimum wage is the reason why "by 2011, Oregon's restaurants employed an average of only 13.8 workers, or 2.6 fewer employees than they did before the state's minimum wage began rising above the federal level in 1997."
False
By Christian Gaston • April 13, 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
SEIU
SEIU
stated on March 5, 2013 a lawsuit
"There is no clinical evidence that vaccinating healthcare workers protects patients."
False
By Michael McKinney • March 17, 2013
Sacramento Bee Editorial Board
Sacramento Bee Editorial Board
stated on February 6, 2013 an editorial
Says Texas is last in workers' compensation coverage.
True
By Sue Owen • February 14, 2013
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