Unions

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All Fact-checks for Unions

Tim Walz
stated on September 21, 2024 in an event in Bethlehem, Pa.:

“The last union member on a national ticket (was) Ronald Reagan.”

By Louis Jacobson • September 24, 2024

Julie Su
stated on August 15, 2024 in News conference:

“400,000 workers are now in a union that were not in a union when (Biden) became president.”

By Ricardo Torres • September 23, 2024

Donald Trump
stated on February 17, 2024 in a rally:

“The biggest threat to your unions is millions of people coming across the border, because you're not gonna have your jobs anymore.”

By Maria Ramirez Uribe • February 23, 2024

Kevin Brady
stated on December 8, 2022 in a statement:

Joe Biden’s $36 billion for a union pension fund is “the largest private pension bailout in American history.”

December 14, 2022

Bernie Sanders
stated on November 29, 2022 in an interview:

In the first three quarters of 2022, “the railroad industry made $21 billion in profits, provided $25 billion in stock buybacks and dividends” and CEOs are paid up to $20 million a year, while railroad workers have "zero guaranteed sick leave."

December 8, 2022

Facebook posts
stated on December 19, 2021 in a Facebook post:

Says Kellogg’s tweeted, “Oh, so you think it's cool when workers strike jobs? Now replace 'jobs' with 'women.' Still think it's 'cool'?"

By Bill McCarthy • December 21, 2021

United Association’s Union Plumbers and Pipefitters Vote! PAC
stated on September 15, 2020 in a TV ad.:

Nick Freitas “voted to let businesses discriminate and fire expecting mothers for no other reason but their pregnancy. ”

By Warren Fiske • October 5, 2020

Joe Biden
stated on December 12, 2019 in a campaign ad:

California firefighters decided "to speak out" against President Trump because his tweet about the state’s wildfires "contained so much misinformation."

By Chris Nichols • December 18, 2019

Leah Vukmir
stated on July 26, 2018 in a public forum:

Says "I have been through the gauntlet, when we had riots in that Capitol."

By D.L. Davis • September 4, 2018

Republican Party of Wisconsin
stated on August 1, 2018 in a news release:

Says Mahlon Mitchell "received a massive raise on the backs of hard-working firefighters and turned the union into his own personal political slush fund."

By D.L. Davis • August 9, 2018

Randy Bryce
stated on March 14, 2018 in an interview:

"Our campaign staff was the first to unionize in the history of politics."

April 25, 2018

Mahlon Mitchell
stated on January 17, 2018 in a tweet:

"When @ScottWalker told firefighters we didn’t need to worry about Act 10, we said hell no, we stand with working Wisconsinites everywhere."

By Eric Litke • March 7, 2018

Andrew Cuomo
stated on January 3, 2018 in his State of the State address:

"A case before Washington’s Supreme Court seeks to effectively end public labor unions."

By Dan Clark • January 17, 2018

Eric Holcomb
stated on October 24, 2017 in a campaign ad:

"We’re growing union jobs faster than Illinois."

By Matt Dietrich • November 3, 2017

Karen Lewis
stated on September 4, 2017 in a blog post:

The new Illinois school funding formula "created a tax shelter for the wealthy and a voucher program…"

By Matt Dietrich • September 12, 2017

Hillary Clinton
stated on September 6, 2016 in a rally in Tampa:

"That's legal: If you find out about somebody else's salary even if you're doing exactly the same job, you can be retaliated against, including being fired, in most places."

By Lauren Carroll • September 9, 2016

Thomas Perez
stated on June 18, 2016 in an interview.:

"If you are a member of union, your median weekly income is roughly $200 more than if you are a nonunion member, and that doesn’t include benefits."

By Sean Gorman • June 29, 2016

Scott Walker
stated on May 10, 2016 in a news release:

The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee has "2.8 students per faculty" member, "tied for second-lowest in its history since 1994."

May 13, 2016

Paul Doughty
stated on November 10, 2015 in a tweet:

"@Jorge_Elorza still think your plan is safe? Rescue Captain Kenyon just worked 96 hours straight. 96 hours."

By Mark Reynolds • November 22, 2015

Scott Walker
stated on September 25, 2015 in comments to reporters:

A state agency wanted to fire an employee who spent four hours per day watching pornography, but the state "employment commission reinstated the person."

October 7, 2015