Statements about Workers

Tammy Baldwin

Middle-class Americans "pay a higher tax rate than millionaires and billionaires."

— Wisconsin

Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce

"Site selectors who decide where businesses expand or relocate shun closed shop states like Wisconsin in favor of Right to Work states like Iowa, Indiana and Michigan."

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Robin Vos

On timing of right to work legislation

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Chuck Todd

Wisconsin is below the national average in wage growth and job growth.  

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Bill Clinton

"One-hundred times as many people worked their way from poverty into the American middle class" during his presidency compared to Ronald Reagan's presidency.   

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Barack Obama

Wisconsin Republicans "repealed a statewide fair pay law" that made "sure women are treated fairly on the job."

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Mary Burke

Says Scott Walker "gave $6 million in tax breaks to a corporation and told them that they can keep that money even if they lay off half their workforce."

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Mary Burke

Under Scott Walker’s policies, "the typical Wisconsin family has actually seen their real income drop by nearly $3,000 in the last four years."

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Scott Walker

"More than 70,000" job openings are listed on a state jobs website.  

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Michelle Obama

"The unemployment rate for young people is down from a 10.6 percent high in 2009 to 2.6 percent today."

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Nik Kovac

Milwaukee police and firefighters "are routinely getting 4 percent raises annually while everybody else is either getting zero or one percent raises."  

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Mary Burke

Says Scott Walker's jobs agency gives financial incentives that lead "Wisconsin companies to look at shipping jobs elsewhere. ... A company got $4.6 million in taxpayer money and actually reduced its jobs by 300 people."  

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Scott Walker

Says Mary Burke’s Madison school district "will be the only school district left in the state" to "ignore the (Act 10) law" in the 2015-16 school year.

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Bloggers

Wisconsin is "dead last in income growth" among midwestern states during Gov. Scott Walker’s term.

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Scott Walker

"(Mary) Burke’s company," Trek Bicycles, "makes 99% of their bikes overseas."

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Bloggers

The Obama Administration is suing a Wisconsin company for forcing employees to speak English.

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Mark Pocan

Wisconsin was the "first state to ban public and private sector employment discrimination based on sexual orientation."

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Mary Burke

"The typical Wisconsin worker makes $5,000 less each year than our neighbors in Minnesota" under Gov. Scott Walker’s policies.

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Mary Burke

"Already in Wisconsin we have seen fewer people pursuing education as a career" due to the Act 10 collective bargaining law.

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Brett Hulsey

Says opponent Mary Burke told reporters she would have "required workers to give up bargained-for healthcare and retirement benefits like Gov. Walker."

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