Latest Fact-checks in Workers Gwen Moore stated on October 30, 2021 in TV interview: “If you’re a low-wage worker and you’re single and don’t have children, we’re literally taxing you into poverty." Joe Biden stated on November 2, 2021 in a press conference in Glasgow: “Wages have gone up higher, faster than inflation.” Facebook posts stated on October 18, 2021 in a Facebook post: “The Canadian government threatens to fire any government employee who uses ‘Let's Go Brandon’ in communications.” Gwen Moore stated on September 3, 2021 in Twitter: “President Biden has created more jobs in his first 7 months than any POTUS in history.” Kurt Bauer stated on June 27, 2021 in TV interview: “We are not having replacement birth rates. We have had more people leaving the state than coming in over the last 30 years.” Mandela Barnes stated on May 23, 2021 in Twitter: “It’s been over 50 years since minimum (wage) and inflation parted ways, then over a decade since the federal minimum went up at all.” Glenn Grothman stated on June 8, 2021 in Twitter: “We have a record 9.3 million job openings in the U.S.” Mark Born stated on June 2, 2021 in Twitter: “Before the pandemic, just over 40,000 were on continuing UI claims. Now, there are well over 100,000 on state or federal UI benefits.” Mandela Barnes stated on May 23, 2021 in Twitter: “Since 1978, CEO compensation rose over 1,000% and only 11.9% for average workers.” Joe Manchin stated on March 7, 2021 in remarks on ABC's "This Week": “Very few … if any” states have a minimum wage of $7.25 an hour. Ron DeSantis stated on March 13, 2021 in in an interview on Fox News: "When I became governor, we banned sanctuary cities and we also did E-Verify." Amy Pechacek stated on December 20, 2020 in News release: “We have reached our goal to clear the backlog of (unemployment) claims.” Joe Biden stated on February 5, 2021 in an interview on CBS: “If you're making less than $15 an hour, you're living below the poverty wage.” Jordan Rachel stated on January 16, 2021 in a tweet: A $15-per-hour minimum wage would raise the price of a Taco Bell burrito to $38. Joe Biden stated on October 24, 2020 in a speech in Dallas, Pa.: Says President Donald Trump "thinks that $15 an hour minimum wage is too much for essential workers." Abigail Spanberger stated on October 20, 2020 in a debate.: “The majority of minimum wage workers...are mothers.” 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. ” Ron Johnson stated on July 1, 2020 in an interview: “PPP on average probably provided a grant of around $11,000 per employee." Facebook posts stated on June 18, 2020 in a Facebook post: “OSHA says masks don't work” to reduce COVID-19 transmission “and violate OSHA oxygen levels.” Kirsten Gillibrand stated on April 21, 2020 in a tweet: “Immigrants make up a majority of essential workers in places like New York City.” Nate McMurray stated on April 8, 2020 in a tweet: Congressional candidate Chris Jacobs “voted against paid leave for COVID-19.” Joe Biden stated on April 15, 2020 in 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 stated on April 7, 2020 in 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 stated on March 27, 2020 in 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 stated on March 21, 2020 in 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 stated on March 18, 2020 in 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 stated on July 14, 2018 in 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 stated on February 1, 2020 in 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 stated on February 22, 2020 in 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 stated on January 14, 2020 in 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.”
Gwen Moore stated on October 30, 2021 in TV interview: “If you’re a low-wage worker and you’re single and don’t have children, we’re literally taxing you into poverty." Joe Biden stated on November 2, 2021 in a press conference in Glasgow: “Wages have gone up higher, faster than inflation.” Facebook posts stated on October 18, 2021 in a Facebook post: “The Canadian government threatens to fire any government employee who uses ‘Let's Go Brandon’ in communications.” Gwen Moore stated on September 3, 2021 in Twitter: “President Biden has created more jobs in his first 7 months than any POTUS in history.” Kurt Bauer stated on June 27, 2021 in TV interview: “We are not having replacement birth rates. We have had more people leaving the state than coming in over the last 30 years.” Mandela Barnes stated on May 23, 2021 in Twitter: “It’s been over 50 years since minimum (wage) and inflation parted ways, then over a decade since the federal minimum went up at all.” Glenn Grothman stated on June 8, 2021 in Twitter: “We have a record 9.3 million job openings in the U.S.” Mark Born stated on June 2, 2021 in Twitter: “Before the pandemic, just over 40,000 were on continuing UI claims. Now, there are well over 100,000 on state or federal UI benefits.” Mandela Barnes stated on May 23, 2021 in Twitter: “Since 1978, CEO compensation rose over 1,000% and only 11.9% for average workers.” Joe Manchin stated on March 7, 2021 in remarks on ABC's "This Week": “Very few … if any” states have a minimum wage of $7.25 an hour. Ron DeSantis stated on March 13, 2021 in in an interview on Fox News: "When I became governor, we banned sanctuary cities and we also did E-Verify." Amy Pechacek stated on December 20, 2020 in News release: “We have reached our goal to clear the backlog of (unemployment) claims.” Joe Biden stated on February 5, 2021 in an interview on CBS: “If you're making less than $15 an hour, you're living below the poverty wage.” Jordan Rachel stated on January 16, 2021 in a tweet: A $15-per-hour minimum wage would raise the price of a Taco Bell burrito to $38. Joe Biden stated on October 24, 2020 in a speech in Dallas, Pa.: Says President Donald Trump "thinks that $15 an hour minimum wage is too much for essential workers." Abigail Spanberger stated on October 20, 2020 in a debate.: “The majority of minimum wage workers...are mothers.” 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. ” Ron Johnson stated on July 1, 2020 in an interview: “PPP on average probably provided a grant of around $11,000 per employee." Facebook posts stated on June 18, 2020 in a Facebook post: “OSHA says masks don't work” to reduce COVID-19 transmission “and violate OSHA oxygen levels.” Kirsten Gillibrand stated on April 21, 2020 in a tweet: “Immigrants make up a majority of essential workers in places like New York City.” Nate McMurray stated on April 8, 2020 in a tweet: Congressional candidate Chris Jacobs “voted against paid leave for COVID-19.” Joe Biden stated on April 15, 2020 in 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 stated on April 7, 2020 in 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 stated on March 27, 2020 in 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 stated on March 21, 2020 in 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 stated on March 18, 2020 in 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 stated on July 14, 2018 in 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 stated on February 1, 2020 in 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 stated on February 22, 2020 in 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 stated on January 14, 2020 in 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.”
Gwen Moore stated on October 30, 2021 in TV interview: “If you’re a low-wage worker and you’re single and don’t have children, we’re literally taxing you into poverty."
Joe Biden stated on November 2, 2021 in a press conference in Glasgow: “Wages have gone up higher, faster than inflation.”
Facebook posts stated on October 18, 2021 in a Facebook post: “The Canadian government threatens to fire any government employee who uses ‘Let's Go Brandon’ in communications.”
Gwen Moore stated on September 3, 2021 in Twitter: “President Biden has created more jobs in his first 7 months than any POTUS in history.”
Kurt Bauer stated on June 27, 2021 in TV interview: “We are not having replacement birth rates. We have had more people leaving the state than coming in over the last 30 years.”
Mandela Barnes stated on May 23, 2021 in Twitter: “It’s been over 50 years since minimum (wage) and inflation parted ways, then over a decade since the federal minimum went up at all.”
Glenn Grothman stated on June 8, 2021 in Twitter: “We have a record 9.3 million job openings in the U.S.”
Mark Born stated on June 2, 2021 in Twitter: “Before the pandemic, just over 40,000 were on continuing UI claims. Now, there are well over 100,000 on state or federal UI benefits.”
Mandela Barnes stated on May 23, 2021 in Twitter: “Since 1978, CEO compensation rose over 1,000% and only 11.9% for average workers.”
Joe Manchin stated on March 7, 2021 in remarks on ABC's "This Week": “Very few … if any” states have a minimum wage of $7.25 an hour.
Ron DeSantis stated on March 13, 2021 in in an interview on Fox News: "When I became governor, we banned sanctuary cities and we also did E-Verify."
Amy Pechacek stated on December 20, 2020 in News release: “We have reached our goal to clear the backlog of (unemployment) claims.”
Joe Biden stated on February 5, 2021 in an interview on CBS: “If you're making less than $15 an hour, you're living below the poverty wage.”
Jordan Rachel stated on January 16, 2021 in a tweet: A $15-per-hour minimum wage would raise the price of a Taco Bell burrito to $38.
Joe Biden stated on October 24, 2020 in a speech in Dallas, Pa.: Says President Donald Trump "thinks that $15 an hour minimum wage is too much for essential workers."
Abigail Spanberger stated on October 20, 2020 in a debate.: “The majority of minimum wage workers...are mothers.”
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. ”
Ron Johnson stated on July 1, 2020 in an interview: “PPP on average probably provided a grant of around $11,000 per employee."
Facebook posts stated on June 18, 2020 in a Facebook post: “OSHA says masks don't work” to reduce COVID-19 transmission “and violate OSHA oxygen levels.”
Kirsten Gillibrand stated on April 21, 2020 in a tweet: “Immigrants make up a majority of essential workers in places like New York City.”
Nate McMurray stated on April 8, 2020 in a tweet: Congressional candidate Chris Jacobs “voted against paid leave for COVID-19.”
Joe Biden stated on April 15, 2020 in 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 stated on April 7, 2020 in 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 stated on March 27, 2020 in 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 stated on March 21, 2020 in 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 stated on March 18, 2020 in 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 stated on July 14, 2018 in 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 stated on February 1, 2020 in 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 stated on February 22, 2020 in 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 stated on January 14, 2020 in 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.”
