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."
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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: Wisconsin Poll Worker Was NOT Caught ‘Rigging Ballots On Live TV’
Did a poll worker in Dane County, Wisconsin get caught rigging ballots on live television? No, that's not true: The Dane County Clerk, whose office records election information, explained that this poll worker was doing routine work, prep
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→ Kathy Hochul – State to pay for newest farmworker overtime costs, for now
The state is absorbing the cost of overtime pay for farmworkers, and farm owners do not have to pay any more.
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;
Logically→ A Congress worker thrashed a colleague for molesting her during an Independence Day ceremony.
The video shows YSR Congress Party and not INC leaders engaging in a spat over the party's internal affairs. It is an old video from 2014.
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
PolitiFact→ Rebecca Kleefisch – Kleefisch off the mark with claim linking worker shortage and medical assistance enrollments
"There is absolutely no reason why Wisconsin should be facing a worker shortage to the level we are when there are 123,000 more able-bodied childless adults on BadgerCare since the pandemic."
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
Snopes→ Feds Sue Poultry Producers, Alleging Unfair Worker Practices
The Justice Department alleges the companies have been engaged in a multiyear conspiracy to exchange information about the wages and benefits of workers at poultry processing plants to drive down employee competition in the marketplace.
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.
Snopes→ CEO Pay Rose 17% in 2021 As Profits Soared; Workers Trailed
The gain towers over the 4.4% increase in wages and benefits netted by private-sector workers through 2021.
Snopes→ Starbucks Will Cover Travel for Workers Seeking Abortions
Starbucks is among the most high-profile companies to have adopted a travel benefit for workers seeking abortions.
Snopes→ McDonald’s to Sell Its Russian Business, Try to Keep Workers
McDonald's said that it has started the process of selling its Russian business, which includes 850 restaurants that employ 62,000 people.
Snopes→ Swiss Nespresso Workers Find Cocaine Stash Amid Coffee Bean Bags
They found 500 kilograms (over 1,100 pounds) of cocaine, with a street value of $50 million, as they unloaded coffee beans that had arrived by train.
PolitiFact→ Rob Astorino – Did New York Gov. Kathy Hochul fire 35,000 health care workers?
Gov. Kathy Hochul’s “record” includes “firing” 34,000 health care workers.
Snopes→ Amazon Workers in NYC Vote to Unionize in Historic Labor Win
Amazon workers in Staten Island, New York, voted to unionize, marking the first successful U.S. organizing effort in the retail giant’s history.
Snopes→ Lawsuit Says Google Discriminates Against Black Workers
A former Google employee sued the tech giant for racial discrimination, saying it engages in a “pattern and practice” of unfair treatment for its Black workers.
Snopes→ Biden Moving to Narrow Gender Pay Gap for Federal Workers
The White House is marking Equal Pay Day by taking new steps aimed at ending the gender pay gap for federal workers and contractors.
Snopes→ Video Shows Man Stabbing 2 Workers at New York’s MOMA
Video from the Museum of Modern Art shows the moment a man leaped over a reception desk and stabbed two employees as they tried to flee.
FactCheck.org→ Florida Video Shows Legal Migrant Workers, Not ‘Busloads of Illegals’
Quick Take Dozens of people stayed at a Florida hotel in January while employed as temporary farmworkers for a wholesale plant nursery. But a Facebook video and a tweet by State Rep. Anthony Sabatini falsely claimed they were “illegals”
Snopes→ CNN President Resigns After Relationship with Co-Worker
CNN President Jeff Zucker abruptly resigned after acknowledging a consensual relationship with another network executive.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Workers shown in video arriving at Florida hotel are here legally as part of H-2A visa program
Hundreds of ‘illegals’ were dropped off at Florida hotel.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show ‘Illegal’ Migrant Workers Arriving At Florida Hotel
Does a video posted by Republican congressional candidate Laura Loomer show dozens of "illegal" migrant workers arriving at a Florida hotel? No, that's not true: The workers were legally contracted to work for a central Florida plant nurs
Truth or Fiction?→ FDR: ‘No Business Which Depends for Existence on Paying Less Than Living Wages to Its Workers Has Any Right to Continue in This Country’
On January 28 2022, a quote meme circulated on social media platforms, attributing commentary about businesses paying “less than a living wage” to United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt: On the right side of the meme was a portrai
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – ‘Christmas Carol’ character’s wages not the best comparison to today’s minimum wage worker
“Most Americans on minimum wage earn less than a Dickensian allegory for destitution.”
Snopes→ Omicron is Latest Blow to Pandemic-Weary Front-Line Workers
Staff absences for COVID-19 tripled this month in London’s hospitals, and nearly 10% of the city’s firefighters called out sick.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence That ‘A Christmas Carol’ Character Made More Than Today’s U.S. Minimum Wage Worker
Does Bob Cratchit, a character from the Charles Dickens classic novella "A Christmas Carol" make the equivalent of $530.27 a week, which is more than the current weekly federal minimum wage in the United States? Probably not: The novella,
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Kellogg’s tweet about striking workers is fake
Says Kellogg’s tweeted, “Oh, so you think it's cool when workers strike jobs? Now replace 'jobs' with 'women.' Still think it's 'cool'?"
Snopes→ No, Amazon Didn’t Fire Workers Who Didn’t Clock Out After Getting Buried in Rubble
The claim originated on a website known for satirizing current events.
Snopes→ In a First, Starbucks Workers Agree to Union in Buffalo, NY
Starbucks workers have voted to unionize at a store in Buffalo, New York over the company’s objections.
Full Fact→ Video thanking Hungarian key workers doesn’t show pandemic is staged
A video appearing to show a camera crew filming several people in hazmat suits pushing a trolley with the caption “Caught in the act 🤔 light, camera, action! 🎬 The media is the v!rus 🤦♀️ wake up people 🤣” has over 5,000
Logically→ Supermarket chain Aldi will terminate the employment of all unvaccinated workers by March 2022.
Only Aldi Australia has made COVID-19 vaccination a requirement for its employees. The supermarket chain has not mandated it in other countries.