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Grover Norquist stated on March 24, 2011 in a post on Twitter.:
"Withheld union dues fund half of Dem (Democratic) campaigns in Florida."
By Aaron Sharockman• March 25, 2011
Keith Rothfus stated on May 22, 2018 in a press release:
"Since the end of the financial crisis, we have seen an average of one community bank or credit union disappear every day."
By Colin Deppen• May 31, 2018
Chris Christie stated on March 23, 2012 in an appearance at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University:
"To get out of the (teachers) union, you pay 85 percent of $731. Then you're out of the union, but you've got to pay it every year, also required by statute. That’s called a representation fee."
By Bill Wichert• April 5, 2012
George Nee stated on March 20, 2011 in a television interview:
"Public sentiment in favor of collective bargaining and in favor of the unions has actually gone up as these governors, I think, have overreached and gone too far and tried to destroy the labor movement."
By Peter Lord• March 31, 2011
Kevin Brady stated on December 08, 2022 in a statement:
Joe Biden’s $36 billion for a union pension fund is “the largest private pension bailout in American history.”
By Tom Kertscher• December 14, 2022
Cliff Hayes stated on November 23, 2022 in a TV interview.:
“When you compare us to the European Union, we're something like 23 times more likely” to have homicides and handgun killings.
By Warren Fiske• December 2, 2022
MacIver Institute stated on October 25, 2011 in a video:
Says some Wisconsin state employee contracts "gave some employees $4 for bringing in their own lunch."
By Tom Kertscher• November 2, 2011
Charlie Crist stated on January 28, 2014 in a press conference:
"I always supported civil unions."
By Amy Sherman• February 7, 2014
Robin Vos stated on December 12, 2010 in a television interview:
Right-to-work states "have higher rates of income growth."
By Tom Kertscher• December 17, 2010
Monica Crowley stated on June 12, 2022 in an interview with Fox News:
Soviet and Chinese communists have “grabbed control” of U.S. entertainment, movies, television, music, academia, K-12 education and the news media.
By Louis Jacobson• June 17, 2022
Barack Obama stated on August 02, 2016 in a press conference at the White House:
Thanks to the Trans-Pacific Partnership, "Vietnam is drafting and presenting unprecedented labor reforms, changing their Constitution to recognize worker organizations in Vietnam for the first time."
By Allison Graves, Neelesh Moorthy• August 4, 2016
Newt Gingrich stated on December 15, 2011 in a Republican presidential debate in Sioux City, Iowa:
Says Freddie Mac, electric co-ops and credit unions are all "government sponsored" enterprises.
By Jon Greenberg• December 19, 2011
Newt Gingrich stated on June 13, 2011 in a debate:
"The right-to-work states are creating a lot more jobs today than the heavily unionized states."
By Eric Stirgus• June 21, 2011
Sean Duffy stated on July 20, 2011 in an op-ed piece in the Washington Times:
The Dodd-Frank financial-reform law’s hundreds of new rules will force small banks and credit unions to burn up "an estimated 2,260,631 labor hours just for compliance."
By Dave Umhoefer• August 22, 2011
Bryan Kennedy stated on December 05, 2010 in a TV interview:
State employees in Wisconsin earn "about 8 percent less" than if they worked in the private sector.
By Tom Kertscher• December 12, 2010
Bryan Steil stated on September 24, 2021 in Twitter:
Says Joe Biden's IRS reform proposals "would require banks and credit unions to hand over private information about routine transactions to the IRS."
By D.L. Davis• October 15, 2021
Rick Perry stated on May 06, 2013 in video remarks to the Family Research Council:
Says Sam Houston opposed slavery and as governor said Texas should not leave the union over slavery.
By Sue Owen• May 22, 2013
Thomas Perez stated on June 18, 2016 in an interview.:
"If you are a member of  union, your median weekly income is roughly $200 more than if you are a nonunion member, and that doesn’t include benefits."
By Sean Gorman• June 29, 2016
Barack Obama stated on January 30, 2014 in a speech:
"Most folks’ wages haven’t gone up in over a decade."  
By Tom Kertscher• February 23, 2014
Thomas Perez stated on February 04, 2014 in an interview on MSNBC's "Morning Joe":
"If you have a union job, you're making on average $950 a week. If you have a non-union job, you're making $750 a week."
By Louis Jacobson• February 7, 2014

Articles (2458)

Christie claim about union dues for nonmembers of NJEA garners more than 100 comments

By Caryn Shinske• April 6, 2012

Texas Republicans want a vote on 'Texas Independence.' But can Texas secede from the union?

By Nusaiba Mizan• June 27, 2022

Has Act 10 saved Wisconsin taxpayers $16.8 billion? Here’s what we could find

By Hope Karnopp• December 13, 2023

A look at our Walker and recall-related statements

By Tom Kertscher• November 15, 2011

Putin’s one-sided history of Ukraine’s relationship with Russia

By Jon Greenberg, Louis Jacobson• February 23, 2022

Sorting out public opinion on "right to work" laws

By Dave Umhoefer• February 23, 2015

Fact-checking McConnell, Cruz on the Sunday shows

By Aaron Sharockman• January 26, 2014

Ask PolitiFact: What is ‘operational control’ at the border and do cartels have it?

By Maria Ramirez Uribe• March 3, 2023

Fact-checking Barack Obama's 2016 State of the Union address

By Lauren Carroll, C. Eugene Emery Jr., Louis Jacobson, Katie Sanders• January 13, 2016

How quickly will the new tax law affect the economy?

By Louis Jacobson, Mica Soellner• February 1, 2018

Why it feels like wages aren't outpacing inflation, even though they are

By Louis Jacobson• February 7, 2019

What the numbers tell us about Biden’s promise of high-paying green jobs

By Jon Greenberg• April 22, 2021

Mitt Romney returns (again) to the Sunday show lineup

By Katie Sanders• March 21, 2014

PunditFact fact-checks the Jan. 18 news shows

By Lauren Carroll, Jon Greenberg, Katie Sanders• January 18, 2015

Feb. 23 Sunday shows to feature Kiev, George W. Bush

By Katie Sanders• February 21, 2014

Behind the rhetoric: The in-state, out-of-state campaign money debate

By Tom Kertscher• May 22, 2012

Fact-checking the Jan. 26 Sunday shows

By Aaron Sharockman• January 26, 2014

For pharma, Trump versus Harris is a showdown between two industry foes

By Stephanie Armour• August 27, 2024

Fact-checking the Jan. 18 Sunday shows

By Lauren Carroll, Jon Greenberg, Katie Sanders• January 18, 2015

Joe Biden’s promises on the economy: A closer look

By Louis Jacobson• January 22, 2021