Latest Fact-checks in Workers United Association’s Union Plumbers and Pipefitters Vote! PAC dicho el Septiembre 15, 2020 en a TV ad.: Nick Freitas “voted to let businesses discriminate and fire expecting mothers for no other reason but their pregnancy. ” Ron Johnson dicho el Julio 1, 2020 en an interview: “PPP on average probably provided a grant of around $11,000 per employee." Facebook posts dicho el Junio 18, 2020 en a Facebook post: “OSHA says masks don't work” to reduce COVID-19 transmission “and violate OSHA oxygen levels.” Kirsten Gillibrand dicho el Abril 21, 2020 en a tweet: “Immigrants make up a majority of essential workers in places like New York City.” Nate McMurray dicho el Abril 8, 2020 en a tweet: Congressional candidate Chris Jacobs “voted against paid leave for COVID-19.” Joe Biden dicho el Abril 15, 2020 en comments at a virtual town hall meeting: “Until this week, they [OSHA] weren’t even enforcing these guidelines [for coronavirus]. Still today, OSHA is not specifying which rules employees must follow or how to keep their workers safe and healthy.” Jack Whitver dicho el Abril 7, 2020 en an email newsletter: Before COVID-19, “Iowa had one of the lowest unemployment rates in the country, and many employers were scrambling to find qualified employees to fill their job openings.” Facebook posts dicho el Marzo 27, 2020 en social media: Shows a waitress saying, "I lost my job. But I'll sleep better knowing” that the coronavirus relief bill included funding for the Kennedy Center, refugee resettlement, PBS, and congressional salaries: “Thanks, Democrats” Facebook posts dicho el Marzo 21, 2020 en a Facebook post: “All schools in Canada are closed for the rest of the school year, each family will receive $950 every two weeks for the next 15 weeks, banks were notif(ied) to suspend mortgage payments for at least 6 months, and student loans deferred.” Facebook posts dicho el Marzo 18, 2020 en on social media: Says “Senator Joe Manchin hit (an) all time low saying seniors and the disabled did not need the relief package $1000 on Fox News.” Facebook posts dicho el Julio 14, 2018 en posts on the Internet: A post comparing two construction workers — “Joe legal” and “Jose illegal” — says “Jose” pays no taxes yet gets free medical care, food stamps, welfare, and 'head of the class' priority for his children in applying for college. Cheri Toalson Reisch dicho el Febrero 1, 2020 en a House Special Committee hearing on Criminal Justice: “In Boone County (Missouri) with a 1.7% unemployment rate, we can’t find enough people, we can’t fill all the job openings.” Pete Buttigieg dicho el Febrero 22, 2020 en a speech: Says Bernie Sanders would “go beyond reform and reorder the economy in ways most Democrats — let alone most Americans — don’t support." Donald Trump dicho el Enero 14, 2020 en a public forum: “Very close to 160 million people are now working in the United States. Nobody's ever even come close to that number.” Elizabeth Warren dicho el Febrero 5, 2020 en a CNN town hall: “We have an America where … hard-working families have flat wages.” E. Gordon Gee dicho el Junio 21, 2019 en a speech: "In West Virginia, we have 20,000 jobs in which we don’t have skilled workers." Lizzie Pannill Fletcher dicho el Noviembre 20, 2019 en a tweet: "In Texas, Latinas make less than $0.45 for every dollar a man makes. That makes us 49th in the nation." Facebook posts dicho el Noviembre 6, 2019 en a Facebook post: Says Nike pays factory workers, 80% of whom are women, "20 cents an hour" and has them work "70 to 80 hours a week." Kirsten Gillibrand dicho el Julio 31, 2019 en the Detroit debate: "When the Senate was debating middle-class affordability for child care," then-Sen. Joe Biden "voted against it, the only vote, but what he wrote (in) an op-ed was that he believed that women working outside the home would, quote, ‘create the deterioration of family.’ He also said that women who were working outside the home were, quote, ‘avoiding responsibility.’" Bobby Scott dicho el Julio 15, 2019 en a hearing: "Studies show at the minimum wage, you can’t rent a two-bedroom apartment anywhere in the United States...a modest, two-bedroom apartment." Bernie Sanders dicho el Julio 10, 2019 en an op-ed in the Washington Post: "42 percent of (Walmart’s) associates are black." Florida Democratic Party dicho el Junio 17, 2019 en a press release: The Trump administration has denied "4.2 million American workers overtime." Kamala Harris dicho el Mayo 22, 2019 en an interview on CBS's "Late Show with Stephen Colbert": "In America today, women on average are paid 80 cents on the dollar of what men are paid for the same work." Ron Johnson dicho el Mayo 6, 2019 en a tweet: "99.4% of businesses in Wisconsin are small businesses," and they employ "nearly half of our workforce." Donald Trump dicho el Abril 27, 2019 en a rally: "The unemployment rate for Wisconsin workers has reached historic lows. It’s never been this low before, ever, ever, ever." Nikki Bowmar dicho el Marzo 30, 2019 en a comment in a newspaper article: Small businesses in West Virginia make up "99 percent of the total number of businesses in the state" and employ "nearly 50 percent of the state’s workforce." Kamala Harris dicho el Abril 22, 2019 en a CNN town hall: "The majority of women are minimum wage workers." Kamala Harris dicho el Marzo 26, 2019 en a tweet: "In 30 states, average teacher pay is less than the living wage for a family of four." Bernie Sanders dicho el Febrero 26, 2019 en a tweet: Raising the federal minimum wage to $15 "would give more than 40 million low-wage workers a raise, more than 25 percent of the U.S. workforce." E. Gordon Gee dicho el Enero 14, 2019 en an op-ed: West Virginia has "the nation’s lowest workforce participation rate, which hovers around 50 percent, when the national average is about 63 percent."
United Association’s Union Plumbers and Pipefitters Vote! PAC dicho el Septiembre 15, 2020 en a TV ad.: Nick Freitas “voted to let businesses discriminate and fire expecting mothers for no other reason but their pregnancy. ” Ron Johnson dicho el Julio 1, 2020 en an interview: “PPP on average probably provided a grant of around $11,000 per employee." Facebook posts dicho el Junio 18, 2020 en a Facebook post: “OSHA says masks don't work” to reduce COVID-19 transmission “and violate OSHA oxygen levels.” Kirsten Gillibrand dicho el Abril 21, 2020 en a tweet: “Immigrants make up a majority of essential workers in places like New York City.” Nate McMurray dicho el Abril 8, 2020 en a tweet: Congressional candidate Chris Jacobs “voted against paid leave for COVID-19.” Joe Biden dicho el Abril 15, 2020 en comments at a virtual town hall meeting: “Until this week, they [OSHA] weren’t even enforcing these guidelines [for coronavirus]. Still today, OSHA is not specifying which rules employees must follow or how to keep their workers safe and healthy.” Jack Whitver dicho el Abril 7, 2020 en an email newsletter: Before COVID-19, “Iowa had one of the lowest unemployment rates in the country, and many employers were scrambling to find qualified employees to fill their job openings.” Facebook posts dicho el Marzo 27, 2020 en social media: Shows a waitress saying, "I lost my job. But I'll sleep better knowing” that the coronavirus relief bill included funding for the Kennedy Center, refugee resettlement, PBS, and congressional salaries: “Thanks, Democrats” Facebook posts dicho el Marzo 21, 2020 en a Facebook post: “All schools in Canada are closed for the rest of the school year, each family will receive $950 every two weeks for the next 15 weeks, banks were notif(ied) to suspend mortgage payments for at least 6 months, and student loans deferred.” Facebook posts dicho el Marzo 18, 2020 en on social media: Says “Senator Joe Manchin hit (an) all time low saying seniors and the disabled did not need the relief package $1000 on Fox News.” Facebook posts dicho el Julio 14, 2018 en posts on the Internet: A post comparing two construction workers — “Joe legal” and “Jose illegal” — says “Jose” pays no taxes yet gets free medical care, food stamps, welfare, and 'head of the class' priority for his children in applying for college. Cheri Toalson Reisch dicho el Febrero 1, 2020 en a House Special Committee hearing on Criminal Justice: “In Boone County (Missouri) with a 1.7% unemployment rate, we can’t find enough people, we can’t fill all the job openings.” Pete Buttigieg dicho el Febrero 22, 2020 en a speech: Says Bernie Sanders would “go beyond reform and reorder the economy in ways most Democrats — let alone most Americans — don’t support." Donald Trump dicho el Enero 14, 2020 en a public forum: “Very close to 160 million people are now working in the United States. Nobody's ever even come close to that number.” Elizabeth Warren dicho el Febrero 5, 2020 en a CNN town hall: “We have an America where … hard-working families have flat wages.” E. Gordon Gee dicho el Junio 21, 2019 en a speech: "In West Virginia, we have 20,000 jobs in which we don’t have skilled workers." Lizzie Pannill Fletcher dicho el Noviembre 20, 2019 en a tweet: "In Texas, Latinas make less than $0.45 for every dollar a man makes. That makes us 49th in the nation." Facebook posts dicho el Noviembre 6, 2019 en a Facebook post: Says Nike pays factory workers, 80% of whom are women, "20 cents an hour" and has them work "70 to 80 hours a week." Kirsten Gillibrand dicho el Julio 31, 2019 en the Detroit debate: "When the Senate was debating middle-class affordability for child care," then-Sen. Joe Biden "voted against it, the only vote, but what he wrote (in) an op-ed was that he believed that women working outside the home would, quote, ‘create the deterioration of family.’ He also said that women who were working outside the home were, quote, ‘avoiding responsibility.’" Bobby Scott dicho el Julio 15, 2019 en a hearing: "Studies show at the minimum wage, you can’t rent a two-bedroom apartment anywhere in the United States...a modest, two-bedroom apartment." Bernie Sanders dicho el Julio 10, 2019 en an op-ed in the Washington Post: "42 percent of (Walmart’s) associates are black." Florida Democratic Party dicho el Junio 17, 2019 en a press release: The Trump administration has denied "4.2 million American workers overtime." Kamala Harris dicho el Mayo 22, 2019 en an interview on CBS's "Late Show with Stephen Colbert": "In America today, women on average are paid 80 cents on the dollar of what men are paid for the same work." Ron Johnson dicho el Mayo 6, 2019 en a tweet: "99.4% of businesses in Wisconsin are small businesses," and they employ "nearly half of our workforce." Donald Trump dicho el Abril 27, 2019 en a rally: "The unemployment rate for Wisconsin workers has reached historic lows. It’s never been this low before, ever, ever, ever." Nikki Bowmar dicho el Marzo 30, 2019 en a comment in a newspaper article: Small businesses in West Virginia make up "99 percent of the total number of businesses in the state" and employ "nearly 50 percent of the state’s workforce." Kamala Harris dicho el Abril 22, 2019 en a CNN town hall: "The majority of women are minimum wage workers." Kamala Harris dicho el Marzo 26, 2019 en a tweet: "In 30 states, average teacher pay is less than the living wage for a family of four." Bernie Sanders dicho el Febrero 26, 2019 en a tweet: Raising the federal minimum wage to $15 "would give more than 40 million low-wage workers a raise, more than 25 percent of the U.S. workforce." E. Gordon Gee dicho el Enero 14, 2019 en an op-ed: West Virginia has "the nation’s lowest workforce participation rate, which hovers around 50 percent, when the national average is about 63 percent."
United Association’s Union Plumbers and Pipefitters Vote! PAC dicho el Septiembre 15, 2020 en a TV ad.: Nick Freitas “voted to let businesses discriminate and fire expecting mothers for no other reason but their pregnancy. ”
Ron Johnson dicho el Julio 1, 2020 en an interview: “PPP on average probably provided a grant of around $11,000 per employee."
Facebook posts dicho el Junio 18, 2020 en a Facebook post: “OSHA says masks don't work” to reduce COVID-19 transmission “and violate OSHA oxygen levels.”
Kirsten Gillibrand dicho el Abril 21, 2020 en a tweet: “Immigrants make up a majority of essential workers in places like New York City.”
Nate McMurray dicho el Abril 8, 2020 en a tweet: Congressional candidate Chris Jacobs “voted against paid leave for COVID-19.”
Joe Biden dicho el Abril 15, 2020 en comments at a virtual town hall meeting: “Until this week, they [OSHA] weren’t even enforcing these guidelines [for coronavirus]. Still today, OSHA is not specifying which rules employees must follow or how to keep their workers safe and healthy.”
Jack Whitver dicho el Abril 7, 2020 en an email newsletter: Before COVID-19, “Iowa had one of the lowest unemployment rates in the country, and many employers were scrambling to find qualified employees to fill their job openings.”
Facebook posts dicho el Marzo 27, 2020 en social media: Shows a waitress saying, "I lost my job. But I'll sleep better knowing” that the coronavirus relief bill included funding for the Kennedy Center, refugee resettlement, PBS, and congressional salaries: “Thanks, Democrats”
Facebook posts dicho el Marzo 21, 2020 en a Facebook post: “All schools in Canada are closed for the rest of the school year, each family will receive $950 every two weeks for the next 15 weeks, banks were notif(ied) to suspend mortgage payments for at least 6 months, and student loans deferred.”
Facebook posts dicho el Marzo 18, 2020 en on social media: Says “Senator Joe Manchin hit (an) all time low saying seniors and the disabled did not need the relief package $1000 on Fox News.”
Facebook posts dicho el Julio 14, 2018 en posts on the Internet: A post comparing two construction workers — “Joe legal” and “Jose illegal” — says “Jose” pays no taxes yet gets free medical care, food stamps, welfare, and 'head of the class' priority for his children in applying for college.
Cheri Toalson Reisch dicho el Febrero 1, 2020 en a House Special Committee hearing on Criminal Justice: “In Boone County (Missouri) with a 1.7% unemployment rate, we can’t find enough people, we can’t fill all the job openings.”
Pete Buttigieg dicho el Febrero 22, 2020 en a speech: Says Bernie Sanders would “go beyond reform and reorder the economy in ways most Democrats — let alone most Americans — don’t support."
Donald Trump dicho el Enero 14, 2020 en a public forum: “Very close to 160 million people are now working in the United States. Nobody's ever even come close to that number.”
Elizabeth Warren dicho el Febrero 5, 2020 en a CNN town hall: “We have an America where … hard-working families have flat wages.”
E. Gordon Gee dicho el Junio 21, 2019 en a speech: "In West Virginia, we have 20,000 jobs in which we don’t have skilled workers."
Lizzie Pannill Fletcher dicho el Noviembre 20, 2019 en a tweet: "In Texas, Latinas make less than $0.45 for every dollar a man makes. That makes us 49th in the nation."
Facebook posts dicho el Noviembre 6, 2019 en a Facebook post: Says Nike pays factory workers, 80% of whom are women, "20 cents an hour" and has them work "70 to 80 hours a week."
Kirsten Gillibrand dicho el Julio 31, 2019 en the Detroit debate: "When the Senate was debating middle-class affordability for child care," then-Sen. Joe Biden "voted against it, the only vote, but what he wrote (in) an op-ed was that he believed that women working outside the home would, quote, ‘create the deterioration of family.’ He also said that women who were working outside the home were, quote, ‘avoiding responsibility.’"
Bobby Scott dicho el Julio 15, 2019 en a hearing: "Studies show at the minimum wage, you can’t rent a two-bedroom apartment anywhere in the United States...a modest, two-bedroom apartment."
Bernie Sanders dicho el Julio 10, 2019 en an op-ed in the Washington Post: "42 percent of (Walmart’s) associates are black."
Florida Democratic Party dicho el Junio 17, 2019 en a press release: The Trump administration has denied "4.2 million American workers overtime."
Kamala Harris dicho el Mayo 22, 2019 en an interview on CBS's "Late Show with Stephen Colbert": "In America today, women on average are paid 80 cents on the dollar of what men are paid for the same work."
Ron Johnson dicho el Mayo 6, 2019 en a tweet: "99.4% of businesses in Wisconsin are small businesses," and they employ "nearly half of our workforce."
Donald Trump dicho el Abril 27, 2019 en a rally: "The unemployment rate for Wisconsin workers has reached historic lows. It’s never been this low before, ever, ever, ever."
Nikki Bowmar dicho el Marzo 30, 2019 en a comment in a newspaper article: Small businesses in West Virginia make up "99 percent of the total number of businesses in the state" and employ "nearly 50 percent of the state’s workforce."
Kamala Harris dicho el Abril 22, 2019 en a CNN town hall: "The majority of women are minimum wage workers."
Kamala Harris dicho el Marzo 26, 2019 en a tweet: "In 30 states, average teacher pay is less than the living wage for a family of four."
Bernie Sanders dicho el Febrero 26, 2019 en a tweet: Raising the federal minimum wage to $15 "would give more than 40 million low-wage workers a raise, more than 25 percent of the U.S. workforce."
E. Gordon Gee dicho el Enero 14, 2019 en an op-ed: West Virginia has "the nation’s lowest workforce participation rate, which hovers around 50 percent, when the national average is about 63 percent."