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True

A big factor

Workers

"There are currently 6 million jobs available in this country that are due in part to the skills gap."

— PolitiFact National on Friday, June 16th, 2017

Mostly True

Women work, work, work, work, work

Workers

"40 percent of American households have female primary breadwinners."

— PolitiFact National on Wednesday, May 3rd, 2017

Mostly True

Cites a credible count, though other factors also involved

Workers

"We’ve lost 70,000 factories since China joined the World Trade Organization."

— PolitiFact Wisconsin on Wednesday, April 19th, 2017

Half-True

Cause and effect not a slam dunk

Workers

"Over the past 25 years, job growth in right-to-work states has been twice as high as in non-right-to-work states. ... The facts are just so clear that this is going to lead to more jobs and higher pay for the people of Missouri."

— PolitiFact Missouri on Thursday, April 6th, 2017

False

No order, no layoffs

Workers

Government orders South African firm "to lay off 3,389 white employees."

— PolitiFact Global News Service on Sunday, April 2nd, 2017

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