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The Dispatch→ Gig Workers Face New Rules
Updated regulations governing independent contractors took effect this week.
PolitiFact→ Katie Britt – Did Joe Biden ban TikTok for US workers but start a campaign account? Fact-checking Sen. Katie Britt
President Joe Biden “bans TikTok for government employees but creates an account for his own campaign.”
PolitiFact→ Linda Rosenthal – Does wage theft take $1 billion a year from workers in New York state?
“Each year, more than $1 billion is stolen from” workers in New York state through wage theft.
AllSides→ Did Biden Wear a Hard Hat Backwards in Photo Op with Construction Workers?
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/biden-wear-hardhat-backwards/ U.S. President Joe Biden wore a hard ha
Logically→ Fabricated news report shared to claim Telangana Congress workers assaulted TDP members
Logically→ 11,000 New Zealand vaccine exemptions granted to healthcare workers, not elites
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Instagram post inaccurately quotes House Speaker Mike Johnson on workers and abortion
Quotes House Speaker Mike Johnson as saying, “Every woman has a duty to birth at least one able-bodied worker.”
PolitiFact→ Dispelling a common myth about fentanyl as election workers get letters with traces of the substance
The FBI is investigating letters sent to election offices in five states, including some that contained fentanyl. Although the threats to election workers are real, experts say that only touching fentanyl will not lead to overdose.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: US Code Section Does NOT Make American Workers Exempt From Taxes — It’s About Federal Reserve Banks
Does a section of the U.S. Code, cited in a video on social media, exempt American workers from paying taxes? No, that's not true: No section of the U.S. Code universally exempts American workers from paying taxes. The section of the U.S.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Biden Did NOT Say It Was His First ‘In Person’ Picket While Meeting With Striking Autoworkers — He Was Misquoted In Online Post
Did President Joe Biden misspeak while addressing a picket line of striking United Auto Workers (UAW) in Michigan on September 26, 2023, saying that while he had marched in other UAW picket lines it was the "first time I've ever done it i
PolitiFact→ Could a President Vivek Ramaswamy lay off 75% of federal workers by himself?
Republican Vivek Ramaswamy says he will lay off three-quarters of the federal workforce if he is elected president. Experts are skeptical he could do it without Congress’ consent.
Logically→ Edited photo shared claiming BJP workers protested against Canada outside Canara Bank
PolitiFact→ Bernie Sanders – Do CEOs today earn 400 times more than their typical workers, as Bernie Sanders said?
“CEOs are now making 400 times more than their average worker.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Biden Did NOT Describe African-American, Hispanic Workers As ‘Workers Without High School Diplomas’
Did President Joe Biden describe African-American and Hispanic workers and veterans as "workers without high school diplomas"? No, that's not true: He was talking about unemployment rates for different groups of people. "Workers without h
Logically→ Video of lathi-charge on BJP workers in Patna shared as Haryana violence
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ Claims of roadside workers being given fentanyl-laced water by strangers are without merit
CLAIM: Roadside workers in various parts of the U.S. have been sickened or killed by fentanyl-laced water offered to them by a passerby while on the job.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Pipeline workers poisoned by fentanyl-laced water? Company said it never happened.
Two pipeline workers in the Chicago area were given fentanyl-laced water bottles.
PolitiFact→ Florida immigration law: Do new employment rules affect workers in seasonal, agricultural jobs?
Florida’s new immigration law includes penalties for employers who hire people not legally authorized to work in the U.S. Experts said they expect that some of the new rules apply to seasonal workers, though those workers are not specifically mention
FactCheck.org→ No ‘Bombshell’ On COVID-19 Origins, U.S. Intelligence Rebuts Claims About ‘Sick’ Lab Workers
SciCheck Digest It remains unknown how the virus that causes COVID-19 originated, but many scientists think a natural spillover is most likely. Online posts have cited unnamed sources to claim that scientists in Wuhan, China, were the first to get
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Loggers, Roofers, Construction Workers, Sanitation Workers … All Have Statistically More Dangerous Jobs Than Cops’
On April 12 2023, an Imgur user uploaded a screenshot of a tweet asserting that workers in certain professions (logging, roofing, and sanitation among them) had “statistically more dangerous jobs” across the board than law enforcement offic
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Mother Teresa Did NOT Sell Babies, But Workers In Her Charity Were Accused Of Sales Decades After Her Death
Did Mother Teresa sell children from her shelters in India? No, that's not true: There's no evidence to support that claim, but a nun and another worker at a shelter for unwed mothers run by Mother Teresa's charity were arrested in 2018 a
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Workers aren’t being paid up to $26,000 because of a COVID-19-related tax credit, as claim suggests
“Americans who worked through the pandemic are being paid up to $26,000 by qualifying for the Employee Retention Credit.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Preprint Study Of Cleveland Clinic Workers Does NOT Prove Vaccinations Increase Risk Of COVID Infection
Does each dose of the COVID-19 vaccine increase a person's chance of getting the COVID-19 virus? No, that's not true: While data from a preprint (not-peer-reviewed) study posted on December 19, 2022, suggests that the "higher the number o
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No evidence fake postal workers are robbing people at gunpoint
People who stole U.S. Postal Service uniforms are posing as postal workers and robbing people at gunpoint.
PolitiFact→ Tammy Baldwin – Yes, wage gap does have big impact on Latina workers
"Latina workers make 54 cents for every dollar earned by white, non-Hispanic men."
Full Fact→ 8% pay offer for rail workers covers a longer period than the deal offered to nurses
The 8% offer made to rail workers covers a two-year period, whereas the pay increase given to nurses and other NHS staff covers only 12 months.
PolitiFact→ Bernie Sanders – Bernie Sanders largely correct in claim about railroad profits, no paid sick days for workers
In the first three quarters of 2022, “the railroad industry made $21 billion in profits, provided $25 billion in stock buybacks and dividends” and CEOs are paid up to $20 million a year, while railroad workers have "zero guaranteed sick leave."
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Viral 2020 Video Does NOT Show Election Workers Committing Fraud In Delaware County, Pennsylvania — NO Fraud In 2020, Either
Does a viral video show election workers in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, commiting voter fraud in November 2022? No, that's not true: This exact video and claim were previously debunked in 2020. The election worker shown was manually tr
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Georgia Mother & Son Poll Workers Were NOT Fired For ‘Free & Fair Election’ Tweet — It Was Because Of A January 6th Post
Did Fulton County, Georgia, election officials fire a mother and son hired as poll workers because the mom posted a tweet on the morning of the election saying she was "working at the polls to ensure a free and fair election?" No, that's
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – No, Postal Service workers cannot ‘do anything they want’ to mail-in ballots
“If you use the US Postal Service certified mail or registered mail, they can do anything they want with those ballots." They “can burn your mail and they won't get in any trouble.”
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Starbucks Corporate Is Leaving Mobile Orders on When Workers Are on Strike’
On October 11 2022, footage from TikTok was shared to Imgur with a descriptive on-screen top caption — “Starbucks corporate is leaving mobile orders on when workers are on strike”: Starbucks Corporate latest union busting tactics;
Snopes→ IRS Initiates Safety Probe After Threats to Workers
The Internal Revenue Service announced that it was conducting a comprehensive review of safety at its facilities.
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – No, the number of new IRS workers won’t surpass number of police detectives
"Biden is adding more IRS agents to investigate your taxes than we have detectives investigating every crime in the country.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Clark County, Washington, Election Workers Illegally Closing Ballot Drop Boxes Before Official Time
Does a video show election workers in Clark County, Washington, illegally closing ballot drop boxes "30 minutes prior" to the voting close time, insinuating that there is fraudulent activity involved with voter mail-in ballots? No, that's
Truth or Fiction?→ Bank of America ‘We Hope Conditions for American Workers Will Get Worse’ Memo
On July 31 2022, posts to Twitter and Reddit referenced signs about a leaked Bank of America memo and a quote — “we hope conditions for American workers get worse”: Posters Everywhere At Bank Of America #BankOfAmericaScandal #Boycot
The Dispatch→ Fact Check: Are Arizona Election Workers Breaking the Law with Mail-In Ballots?
(Photo by Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images)On July 19, Arizona GOP Chairwoman Kelli Ward—who has has pushed baseless voter fraud claims about the 2020 election in Arizona—tweeted a picture of an early voting mailing envelope from Maricopa
Poynter→ Poll workers are short-staffed, under attack — and quietly defending democracy
There’s no doubt about it: For election officials across the country, recruiting poll workers is more challenging than ever. COVID-19 made people with health worries want to stay home. Rampant […] The post Poll workers are short-staffed, under
PolitiFact→ Poll workers are short-staffed, under attack — and quietly defending democracy
Poll workers are short-staffed, under attack and quietly defending democracy
Full Fact→ Average salary of workers involved in RMT national rail strike is not £44,000
Figures for the salary of rail workers mentioned by transport secretary Grant Shapps are not representative of those involved in the national rail strike.