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Ron Paul
Ron Paul
stated on February 28, 2012 a campaign commercial
Says Rick Santorum "opposes right-to-work"
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • March 1, 2012
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on February 27, 2012 in a campaign appearance in Nashville.
Says that Rick Santorum "voted for the unions over FedEx."
Half-True
By Bartholomew Sullivan • February 29, 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
Thomas Sgouros Jr.
Thomas Sgouros Jr.
stated on December 30, 2011 an appearance on Rhode Island PBS's "A Lively Experiment"
"[If] you apply for a job, the chances are 1 in 7 that you are going to be denied that job unfairly if everybody is forced to use E-Verify."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • January 10, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on January 5, 2012 a video ad
Says the National Labor Relations Board told Boeing that it couldn’t build a factory in South Carolina because South Carolina is a right-to-work state.
False
By Jon Greenberg, Molly Moorhead • January 5, 2012
Rebecca Kleefisch
Rebecca Kleefisch
stated on December 18, 2011 an interview
Wisconsin’s monthly job reports have a "margin of error" of 75 percent and were "way off" in eight of first 10 months of 2011.
Half-True
January 4, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on December 7, 2011 an interview on Fox News
"Speaker Gingrich has said that we ought to get rid of our child labor laws."
Mostly False
By Molly Moorhead • December 14, 2011
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on December 10, 2011 a Republican presidential debate in Des Moines, Iowa
In New York City, "an entry level janitor gets paid twice as much as an entry level teacher."
False
By Louis Jacobson • December 12, 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
Kathleen Connell
Kathleen Connell
stated on October 26, 2011 a hearing
"Sixty-percent of the state retirees...don’t get Social Security.’’
False
By Lynn Arditi • November 13, 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
MacIver Institute
MacIver Institute
stated on October 25, 2011 a video
Says some Wisconsin state employee contracts "gave some employees $4 for bringing in their own lunch."
Mostly True
November 2, 2011
On using Gov. Scott Walker’s collective-bargaining limits to help balance the city of Milwaukee budget
No Flip
By Dave Umhoefer • October 27, 2011
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on October 23, 2011 an Internet post
Congressional Republicans have introduced dozens of bills on social issues and other topics, but "zero on job creation."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • October 25, 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
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on October 11, 2011 a Republican presidential primary debate
Says the National Labor Relations Board told Boeing that it "can't build a factory in a non-union state."
False
By Jon Greenberg • October 14, 2011
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