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Keith Faber
Keith Faber
stated on February 4, 2013 a news conference
"Ohio companies export more goods and services globally than 41 other states."
True
By Tom Feran • February 14, 2013
John Wisniewski
John Wisniewski
stated on February 2, 2013 a campaign rally
"We have a governor who's vetoed measures like increasing our minimum wage and restoring the earned income tax cut."
Mostly True
By Bill Wichert • February 14, 2013
Sherrod Brown
Sherrod Brown
stated on February 4, 2013 a news release
 "Three in four low-income workers don’t have any paid sick days available."
True
By Tom Feran • February 11, 2013
Lou Greenwald
Lou Greenwald
stated on December 4, 2012 a press conference in Trenton
"Right now one of our highest job growth sectors is Leisure and Hospitality. We've added jobs that mostly fall within the restaurant and bar sector industry. These are not high-paying jobs, as the U.S. Department of Labor estimates this is an industry sector with the lowest average wages and the lowest proportion of its workforce earning minimum or subminimum wage jobs."
Mostly True
By Caryn Shinske • December 16, 2012
Robert Singer
Robert Singer
stated on November 29, 2012 a speech on the New Jersey Senate floor
"More than 50 percent of those people getting minimum wage in this state are high school students."
Mostly False
By Caryn Shinske • December 13, 2012
Sheldon Whitehouse
Sheldon Whitehouse
stated on November 18, 2012 a newspaper column
"We have more people working in clean and green energy than in oil and gas in this country."  
True
By John Hill • November 30, 2012
Mahlon Mitchell
Mahlon Mitchell
stated on June 12, 2012 a news release
As Massachusetts governor, Mitt Romney used a line-item veto to cut "millions of dollars for firefighting equipment," including firefighters' "coats, pants, helmets and boots."
True
July 1, 2012
Jeff Fitzgerald
Jeff Fitzgerald
stated on March 21, 2012 an interview
"Minnesota has passed and Indiana has passed" right to work laws making union membership and dues optional
Half-True
By Dave Umhoefer • June 11, 2012
Chris Abele
Chris Abele
stated on April 12, 2012 a statement to the Journal Sentinel
"While Act 10 allowed (Milwaukee County) to save some money, it was millions short of what we needed to fill the hole left by the $28 million cut in state aid."
Half-True
By Steve Schultze • May 28, 2012
Rebecca Kleefisch
Rebecca Kleefisch
stated on May 13, 2012 an interview
Says Democratic recall opponent Mahlon Mitchell sent a letter "encouraging folks to boycott more than 100 companies."
Half-True
May 20, 2012
Chain email
Chain email
stated on April 26, 2012 an email
The salaries of Wisconsin’s best-educated public school teachers were "slashed" by Gov. Scott Walker through a recent administrative rule change.
False
By Dave Umhoefer • May 13, 2012
Kathleen Falk
Kathleen Falk
stated on April 17, 2012 a newspaper interview
Wisconsin women "are paid 81 cents to the dollar of a man doing the same job."
False
May 2, 2012
Tom Rooney
Tom Rooney
stated on March 27, 2012 a press release
A proposed U.S. Labor Department rule for children working on farms "would even ban youth from operating a battery-powered screwdriver or a pressurized garden hose."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • April 26, 2012
AFSCME
AFSCME
stated on April 7, 2012 a letter to members
In labor negotiations with city employees, Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett "demanded concessions that went beyond those mandated" by Gov. Scott Walker’s collective bargaining law
Mostly False
By Dave Umhoefer • April 18, 2012
Lamar Alexander
Lamar Alexander
stated on March 22, 2012 a press release.
"This rule could prevent children under 18 from using such tools as a power screwdriver, a milking machine or something as simple as a wheelbarrow on the family farm . . . "
Mostly False
By Bartholomew Sullivan • April 15, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on April 9, 2012 a graphic posted on his website
"What president has the worst record on female labor force participation? Barack Obama."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • April 12, 2012
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on March 19, 2012 a television interview
"We gave every public employee in the state the freedom to choose whether or not they want to be in a union."
False
By James B. Nelson • April 9, 2012
AFSCME
AFSCME
stated on April 3, 2012 a web site posting
Says gubernatorial recall candidate Tom Barrett supported passage of Gov. Scott Walker’s bill stripping collective bargaining of state employees.
False
By James B. Nelson • April 6, 2012
Rashad Taylor
Rashad Taylor
stated on March 20, 2012 a speech
"More children die in agricultural jobs than in any other industry."
True
By Eric Stirgus • April 4, 2012
Stephen Laffey
Stephen Laffey
stated on March 2, 2012 a radio interview
Giant companies like Toyota will not locate in a state that has not passed a right-to-work law
False
By Edward Fitzpatrick • March 11, 2012
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