“We need to support people to self-isolate and there are still many, many people who are excluded from the government’s financial support for self isolation - people who are in insecure work, on zero hour contracts and all the rest of it.&
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Snopes→ FBI: NYC Morgue Workers Stole Credit Cards from Dead People
The FBI arrested two former city employees accused of stealing bank cards from dead bodies taken to New York City’s mortuary and racking up thousands of dollars in charges.
TruthOrFiction→ ‘A Click Farm in Asia Where Low Paid Workers Are Used to Inflate Video Views and Trick Advertisers’
On April 1 2021, the following post to Reddit’s r/interestingasfuck hit r/all, purportedly depicting a low-paid “click farm” employee on the job — sitting in front of dozens of iPhones and smartphones, presumably engaged in clic
Top Fact Checks→ Amazon delivery workers in the US have to urinate in bottles.
There is widespread evidence to prove that Amazon delivery workers in the US have no resort but to pee in bottles.
Full Fact - All content→ Is there a precedent for mandatory vaccines for care home workers?
On Monday the Telegraph reported that care home workers would be required “by law” to have the Covid-19 vaccination in “a historic legal change” that had been requested by the Prime Minister and health secretary Matt Hancock. Mr
Snopes→ Are Amazon Workers Forced to Pee in Bottles?
The issue of reasonable ability to use the restroom for Amazon workers is an ongoing complaint.
Snopes→ Do McDonald’s Workers in Denmark Make $22 an Hour?
The fight over a minimum wage is often centered over McDonald's.
Top Fact Checks→ TMC workers vandalized BJP’s raths in a godown in Kadarpara.
Besides BJP's accusation, there is no evidence that TMC workers were responsible for the alleged vandalism.
Snopes→ Did Coca-Cola’s Diversity Training Tell Workers ‘Try To Be Less White’?
Opponents of critical race theory and diversity training railed against Coca-Cola in February 2021, but with no real evidence.
Snopes→ Vaccine Delays Leave Grocery Workers Feeling Expendable
As panicked Americans cleared supermarkets of toilet paper and food last spring, grocery employees gained recognition as among the most indispensable of the pandemic’s front-line workers.
Top Fact Checks→ By raising minimum wages to $15/hour, 31% of black workers and 26% of Latino workers would get a pay raise.
The rise in minimum wages to $15 per hour would increase the pay of one-third of African Americans and one-fourth of Latinos.
Liste→ This image of healthcare workers protesting against Myanmar’s military coup has been doctored
An image shared thousands of times on Facebook and Twitter purports to show protesters in Myanmar holding a banner that reads: "If you don’t fight, you will end up like Thailand". However, the image has been doctored; the original photo shows he
Snopes→ Did Biden Admin Tell Keystone Pipeline Workers ‘Find Another Job’?
Digitally manipulated images bearing misleading chyrons are common online.
Snopes→ Trapped for 2 Weeks, 11 Workers Rescued from China Gold Mine
The cause of the accident is still under investigation.
Snopes→ Did Domino’s Pizza Workers Save a Loyal Customer’s Life?
A 2016 news story about Domino's Pizza employees saving the life of a customer resurfaced in online advertisements nearly five years later.
Snopes→ Google Workers Form New Labor Union, A Tech Industry Rarity
The union's first members include engineers, as well as sales associates, administrative assistants and the workers who test self-driving vehicles.
Top Fact Checks→ Melinda Gates has said Black people must be vaccinated first for COVID-19 after health care workers.
In June, Melinda Gates said Black people "should be," and not must be, first in line, after health care workers, to be vaccinated against COVID-19.
Liste→ Social media posts share false claim that South Korea’s Covid-19 frontline workers are paid $13 daily wage
Multiple posts shared repeatedly on Facebook claim that South Korean frontline health workers are paid US $13.35 (14,600 South Korean won) per day during the coronavirus pandemic. The claim is false; South Korea's Health Ministry told AFP that the f
Snopes→ ‘Relieved’: US Health Workers Start Getting COVID-19 Vaccine
The first shipments of the newly-approved Pfizer vaccine arrived at hospitals around the country on Dec. 14.
Top Fact Checks→ Under the TMC, over 150 BJP workers have been murdered, and 11 innocent Gorkhas were shot dead by the TMC police.
West Bengal has witnessed deadly clashes between TMC and BJP workers over the years, but an accurate death toll cannot be verified
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Frontline Medical Workers Were NOT Chosen As Time Magazine’s Person of The Year
Did Time Magazine select the frontline medical workers during the coronavirus pandemic as the person of the year? No, that's not true: Joe Biden and Kamala Harris were announced as Time's person of the year on December 10, 2020. The claim
The Dispatch Fact Check→ Did Detroit Poll Workers Scan the Same Ballots Over and Over?
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Snopes→ Did Georgia Poll Workers Hide ‘Suitcases’ of Ballots From Republican Observers?
The Trump campaign alleged the nefarious scheme unfolded around midnight on Nov. 3 in Atlanta's State Farm Arena, and was captured on video.
Liste→ Stock photo of actors posing as medical workers shared in misleading Facebook posts promoting coronavirus pandemic denial
A stock photo of two actors posing as medical workers while carrying a fake body bag has been shared hundreds of times in misleading Facebook posts which promote coronavirus pandemic denial. The original photo agency that licensed the image clearly l
Snopes→ 3 Funeral Workers Fired Over Maradona Coffin Photos
Three funeral workers have been fired for posing for photos alongside the body of soccer star Diego Maradona shortly before his funeral.
Full Fact - All content→ GPs and other frontline medical workers will be among the first to receive a Covid-19 vaccine
A post suggesting that GPs should be the first to get a Covid-19 vaccine when one becomes available has been shared hundreds of times on Facebook. The post text reads: “If the vaccine is so safe and effective why not do our GPs first [sic]Then th
Liste→ This video has circulated in reports about supermarket workers disposing of spoiled dairy products in Saudi Arabia
A video has been viewed and shared tens of thousands of times on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube alongside a claim that it shows Kuwaitis throwing away French products after boycott calls triggered a standoff between France and some Muslim countries over
Snopes→ 2 Workers Dead, 1 Person Missing in Veterans Hospital Blast
West Haven firefighters described it as a “steam explosion” at a facilities building a short distance from the hospital.
The Dispatch Fact Check→ Do Viral Videos Show Poll Workers Filling Out Empty Ballots?
Viral social media posts claim to show two videos of a poll worker in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, filling out empty ballots. Various postings of the videos have received more than 10 million views on Facebook since they were first shared on Thursday
FactCheck.org→ Viral Video Doesn’t Show Fraud by Election Workers in PA
Quick Take A video from a livestream of the vote-counting process in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, shows election workers transcribing votes from damaged ballots so they could be scanned and recorded, according to the county. Social media users are sh
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Viral Videos Do NOT Show Election Workers Committing Voter Fraud In Delaware County, Pennsylvania
Do viral videos shot in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, show election workers committing voter fraud by filling in blank ballots? No, that's not true: Workers were copying information from damaged ballots onto clean ones to make sure the v
Top Fact Checks→ Workers blocked windows and barred Republican observers during absentee ballot counting in Detroit.
Observers were barred from entering the counting room as both political parties had surpassed the limit of 134 challenges with more than 200 each.
The Dispatch Fact Check→ Did Arizona Poll Workers Give Out Sharpies To Prevent Votes From Being Registered?
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Liste→ This video shows a former Indonesian fisheries minister speaking to fishermen in 2018, not to workers in 2020
A video that shows a former Indonesian fisheries minister giving a speech to a crowd has been viewed almost 1.5 million times in multiple YouTube and Facebook posts that claim she was addressing a protest by students and workers in October 2020. The
Snopes→ Did Texas Remove Discrimination Protections for LGBTQ and Disabled Clients of Social Workers?
Advocates fear the rule change could leave some members of vulnerable groups without service.
Snopes→ Can Poll Workers Invalidate Ballots by Writing on Them?
A baseless claim went viral on social media, stirring up unwarranted fears about voter fraud.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, Ballot Incident Was NOT Related To Anti-GOP Postal Workers
Were U.S. Postal Service workers who opposed Republicans involved in the case of nine mail-in ballots found in an elections office waste basket in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania? No, that is not true: The Pennsylvania incident was found to
Liste→ AFP photo of Indian migrant workers leaving Delhi falsely circulated as ‘Myanmar people fleeing to Thailand after coronavirus outbreak’
Five photos have been shared thousands of times in multiple Facebook posts that claim they show people fleeing Myanmar and crossing the border to Thailand because of the coronavirus. The claim is false: two of the images -- one of which was taken
Liste→ Photo of Myanmar workers from Covid-shuttered factory misrepresented as ‘illegal’ Bengali migrants
A photo has been shared in multiple posts on Facebook alongside a claim that it shows “illegal Bengalis” being arrested in Myanmar in September 2020. However, the claim is false: the photo in fact shows Myanmar workers who were mistakenly stopped
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence That Donald Trump Paid Hundreds of Workers To Help With Search And Rescue After 9/11
Did Donald Trump pay hundreds of workers to help with search-and-rescue efforts after 9/11? It's unclear, but unlikely: Almost immediately after the attacks, Trump told reporters that he had men helping in the efforts. But we could find n