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Nathan Deal

Nathan Deal

Half-True

Doesn't quite get the job done

The state of Georgia lost 16 percent of its employees last year, and that percentage has risen over the past three years.

Tom Barrett

Tom Barrett

Mostly False

Report keeps crystal ball under wraps

A state report’s "projection is that approximately half of public employees" would live outside municipal boundaries in a decade if the state bans local residency requirements.

Family Forward Oregon

Family Forward Oregon

Mostly True

Number fluctuates, but yes, even North Korea requires paid leave

Says paid family leave is "a program that is standard in all but five nations around the world."

Ron Meyer

Ron Meyer

Half-True

Misinterprets data

"Only three in 10 young Americans under 30 -- 30 percent under 30 -- have full-time work."

Ron Maag

Ron Maag

Mostly False

Other research shows the opposite

Employees in "workplace freedom" states make more money

Newt Gingrich

Newt Gingrich

Half-True

Statistically insignificant rise was a departure from past three years

The labor market is weak because if you count the unemployed, underemployed, and those who’ve stopped looking for work,  the unemployment rate "actually went up last month to 13.5 percent."

Martina Navratilova

Martina Navratilova

Half-True

Depends specifically where, and what you do

"In 29 states in this country you can still get fired for not just being gay, but if your employer thinks you are gay."

Chris Redfern

Chris Redfern

Half-True

No proof of cause and effect

"Six out of 10 of the highest unemployment rates are also in so-called right to work states."

Ed FitzGerald

Ed FitzGerald

Mostly True

More work, less buying power

"Just about everyone everywhere is spending more hours on the job, less time with their families, bringing home smaller and smaller paychecks, while they're paying more and more at the gas pump and the grocery stores."

Texas State Employees Union

Texas State Employees Union

True

One bonus for many, raises to a few

"Most state employees did not receive any pay raise from 2009 to 2012."

Marcia Fudge

Marcia Fudge

Mostly True

Studies differ on size of the gap

"Women in Ohio earn on average 77 cents for every dollar earned by a man."

Gina Raimondo

Gina Raimondo

Half-True

Not that simple

"Women make 77 cents for every dollar earned by men."

Melvin Sickler

Melvin Sickler

False

Per capita employment is higher than the national average, despite restaurant association claims

Says Oregon’s high minimum wage is the reason why "by 2011, Oregon's restaurants employed an average of only 13.8 workers, or 2.6 fewer employees than they did before the state's minimum wage began rising above the federal level in 1997."

Progress Ohio

Progress Ohio

True

No protection

"It is legal in Ohio to fire an employee or evict a tenant just for being gay."

Portland Public Schools

Portland Public Schools

True

Since 1995, after Measure 8

Says "PPS employees have paid their own PERS contributions for many years."

Ted Cruz

Ted Cruz

True

Big Brother in the bathroom

"We have a federal government that thinks they have the authority to regulate our toilet seats."

Jeff Tittel

Jeff Tittel

Half-True

Numbers are off

"DEP has 2,812 employees, the lowest level since the mid-’80s."

Nancy Pelosi

Nancy Pelosi

True

She's on target

"More than 64 percent of minimum-wage earners are women."

Carolyn Medeiros

Carolyn Medeiros

Mostly False

Claim needs rehabilitation

"There's a tax credit of $2,400 to bond [former inmates] that an employer would get for hiring a convicted felon. There's a federal bonding program -- you can get $5,000 to $25,000 in federal money to hire a convicted felon. And there's federal grants for felons to set up their own small businesses."

Greg Walden

Greg Walden

Mostly False

This pipeline is pumping some slippery claims

Says "Did you know that the #KeystoneXL project is expected to create 20,000 American jobs, including more than 800 in Oregon?"

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