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Claim: A Japanese journalist found i phone 13 in 1980 !! (Social Media Users, 2024-07-01)
Evidence (2024-01-01): This is a little change of pace but related to more and more of what is being revealed. It does look like an iPhone and it would be hard to understand why someone in 1980 would be faking or know how to fake something like that. Curious what everyone thinks.
Claim: A Japanese journalist found i phone 13 in 1980 !! (Social Media Users, 2024-07-01)
Evidence (2024-07-10): Jornalista japonês encontra um iPhone 13 em 1980! Seria ele um viajante do tempo? [...] @efarsas Repórter encontra um iPhone 13 em 1980 em Hirosima e prova que viagem no tempo é possível! Será verdade? O vídeo que mostra um repórter encontrando um iPhone 13 nos anos de 1980 foi retirado de uma série japonesa de 2023, sobre um incidente fictício que teria ocorrido em Ehime, no Japão!
Claim: A Japanese journalist found i phone 13 in 1980 !! (Social Media Users, 2024-07-01)
Evidence (2024-06-26): A social media post casts doubt on the existence of the iPhone, asserting that a Japanese journalist filmed an iPhone 13 in 1980. The post includes visuals of a person holding a phone and claims the video, allegedly recorded in 1980, depicts people exploring abandoned Hiroshima, where an individual discovers an iPhone and mistakes it for a mirror (here & here). This article fact-checks the claim made in the post. Claim: A video recorded in 1980 shows a person discovering an iPhone 13. [...] To sum up, visuals from a recent 2023 Japanese series are being falsely shared claiming that an iPhone 13 was filmed in 1980.
Claim: Salaries for state workers should be increased to Rs. 1000. - JVP (Social Media Users, 2024-07-02)
Evidence (2024-07-02): The claim that the JVP recently advocated for a Rs. 1000 salary for state workers is false. The JVP's last policy statement on this matter was made in 2019, and no recent updates have been issued. The information about President Wickremesinghe increasing the salaries to Rs. 1700 is accurate but has not yet been fully implemented.
Claim: Salaries for state workers should be increased to Rs. 1000. - JVP (Social Media Users, 2024-07-02)
Evidence (2024-08-25): Chairman of the Expert Committee on Public Service Salary Disparities, Udaya R. Seneviratne said that the basic salary of public service employees will be increased by a minimum of 24% for primary-level service categories. For all government officials, salaries will gradually increase from an average of 24% to 50%, depending on current fiscal feasibility. [...] Mr. Udaya R. Seneviratne emphasized that regardless of which government is in power, there is a pressing need to increase the salaries of public servants. These proposals were made to address and eliminate salary disparities, taking into account past trade union protests within the public service. Accordingly, the proposals have received approval from both the Cabinet and the Treasury. [...] Public service plays a vital role in the development of Sri Lanka and is also the driving force of development. The restructuring efforts are prioritized to address the current challenges in the public sector. The Presidential Expert Committee on Public Service Salary Disparities has presented a comprehensive program aimed at creating a satisfying work environment for public servants, delivering excellent service to the people, and positioning the public service as a key driver of economic development.
Claim: Salaries for state workers should be increased to Rs. 1000. - JVP (Social Media Users, 2024-07-02)
Evidence (2023-04-20): SACRAMENTO, CA (April 20, 2023) – Members of SEIU Local 1000, the state’s largest public employee union representing more than 96,000 state workers, kicked off contract bargaining by calling for a 30% wage increase over three years (12% on 7/1/2023; 9% on 7/1/2024; and 9% on 7/1/2025) along with workplace and benefit protections. The demand is buoyed by detailed research from an independent study recently conducted by the University of California Berkeley Labor Center, which shows that more than two-thirds of SEIU Local 1000 state workers do not earn enough to support themselves and a child on their own. [...] "The governor has made ending extreme poverty a focus of his administration," continued Local 1000 VP Green. "We applaud and support that. Now he needs to make sure that our state employees aren’t impoverished."
Claim: Salaries for state workers should be increased to Rs. 1000. - JVP (Social Media Users, 2024-07-02)
Evidence (2024-10-08): TOKYO – Base salaries for regular workers in Japan grew at a record pace, providing a tailwind for Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba as he prepares to lead his party in a general election later this month. [...] The ruling Liberal Democratic Party aims to win support from voters in the election with promises to help them cope with rising costs for basic needs after recent scandals eroded its support.
Claim: Salaries for state workers should be increased to Rs. 1000. - JVP (Social Media Users, 2024-07-02)
Evidence (2022-06-03): For instance if an employee earning Rs.20,000 get an salary increase to Rs.22,000 in the month of May. He will continue contributing ESI on the revised salary upto Sep of that same year.
Claim: Salaries for state workers should be increased to Rs. 1000. - JVP (Social Media Users, 2024-07-02)
Evidence (2018-08-10): I want to increase the salary of employees by Rs. 1000 only when the average salary in the department is more than 35000.
Claim: Salaries for state workers should be increased to Rs. 1000. - JVP (Social Media Users, 2024-07-02)
Evidence (2022-12-19): Causes of a raised JVP
Claim: Salaries for state workers should be increased to Rs. 1000. - JVP (Social Media Users, 2024-07-02)
Evidence (2024-08-02): This was after the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) allocated P70 billion in the proposed P6.352-trillion 2025 national budget for the salary increase of state workers. [...] President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. vowed in his third State of the Nation Address (SONA) that salaries of state workers will be increased. The salary increase for government workers is expected to benefit 165,007 sub-professionals; 1,170,647 professionals, such as teachers and lawyers; and 22,640 personnel in executive functions, according to the DBM.
Claim: Salaries for state workers should be increased to Rs. 1000. - JVP (Social Media Users, 2024-07-02)
Evidence (2020-03-12): The Central Government by 2020 Notification[1] almost doubled the "monthly wages" to INR 15,000 from INR 8000 that was notified under 2010 Notification[2] but did not resolve the conundrum that is troubling employers, which is —
Claim: Salaries for state workers should be increased to Rs. 1000. - JVP (Social Media Users, 2024-07-02)
Evidence (2024-10-08): [4]. Report on the Working of the Minimum Wages Act, 1948, Ministry of Labour and Employment, 2014, http://labourbureaunew.gov.in/UserContent/Report_MW_ACT_2014.pdf?pr_id=wElJPpAklLE%3d.
Claim: Salaries for state workers should be increased to Rs. 1000. - JVP (Social Media Users, 2024-07-02)
Evidence (2024-07-02): Recent social media posts claim that according to recent policy statements(related to women's affairs) by the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP), a major political party in Sri Lanka, salaries for state workers should be increased to Rs. The posts also state that President Wickremesinghe has already increased their salaries to Rs. 1700. [...] 2019 Policy Document: The most recent accessible policy document related to women affairs from the JVP dates back to 2019. It mentions an increment of salaries of estate workers up to Rs. 1000 under their government, but this document is five years old and was created before the 2020 general election and the recent economic crisis , which has significantly increased the cost of living and prices of goods.The policy document can be reached here [...] The claim that the JVP recently advocated for a Rs. 1000 salary for state workers is false. The JVP's last policy statement on this matter was made in 2019, and no recent updates have been issued. The information about President Wickremesinghe increasing the salaries to Rs. 1700 is accurate but has not yet been fully implemented.
Claim: Salaries for state workers should be increased to Rs. 1000. - JVP (Social Media Users, 2024-07-02)
Evidence (2024-03-26): The government has proposed a 1,700-rupee ($US5.5) daily wage, in other words a 700-rupee increase in the current below-poverty 1,000-rupee rate. [...] In April 2021, then Sri Lanka President Gotabhaya Rajapakse announced a 1,000 rupee ($US4) daily wage via a gazette notification, in order to dissipate nationwide demands and strikes by estate workers for a higher wage. [...] Rejecting the government’s current proposal for a 1,700-rupee wage, the PA claims that estate employees are receiving higher wages compared to other wage board workers and more than others working in Sri Lanka’s agriculture sector.
Claim: Salaries for state workers should be increased to Rs. 1000. - JVP (Social Media Users, 2024-07-02)
Evidence (2024-07-13): Taking a firm stance President Wickremesinghe and his government said public sector employees will not receive another salary increase this year, as Sri Lanka prepares for Presidential and General elections. [...] Siriwardana pointed out that if government employees are given a salary increase of Rs 10,000, an additional Rs 140 billion will be needed annually. If the salary is increased by Rs 20,000, an additional Rs 280 billion will be required. To generate this income, taxes would need to be increased. For example, to fund a Rs 1,000 salary increase, the VAT would need to be raised by 2%. [...] Taking the plan ahead, President Ranil Wickremesinghe proposed a special salary increment for non-executive State sector employees who reported to duty on Monday (8) and Tuesday (9 for the approval of the Cabinet.
Claim: Salaries for state workers should be increased to Rs. 1000. - JVP (Social Media Users, 2024-07-02)
Evidence (2023-06-17): On assuming my position, we decided to go to the Wages Board and follow this country’s labour laws. However, we also acknowledge that these labour laws are outdated, and we are actively advocating for labour law reforms. When we approached the Wages Board, the companies had received the board’s decision to gazette the wage of Rs 1,000 per day, that is, Rs 900 as a basic wage and Rs 100 as a budgetary allowance. Many RPCs attempted to find loopholes to avoid paying the stipulated amount. With the EPF and ETF benefits to estate workers, they said it’s not possible. Interestingly, these companies don’t seem to have any issues with converting estate managers’ bungalows into tourism projects. They also don’t hesitate to increase the salaries of CEOs and MDs, who are among the highest paid in the country, particularly in the case of estate management under Hayleys’ ownership. We are perplexed as to why they are unwilling to increase the wages of the workers. [...] A: The Opposition Leader is constantly talking about making estate workers tea smallholders. I refuse to play with the lives of the workers and propagate false narratives. The concept of tea smallholders is similar to the Rs 1,000 wage story. They made promises and gained votes, but it was our Party that managed to actually implement the Rs 1,000 wage.
Claim: Salaries for state workers should be increased to Rs. 1000. - JVP (Social Media Users, 2024-07-02)
Evidence (1997-01-01): The Department of Labor effectively enforces the minimum wage law. While there is no universal national minimum wage, about 40 wage boards set minimum wages and working conditions by sector and industry. According to the Statistics Department of the Labor Ministry, current minimum wage rates average $34 (2,000 rupees) per month in industry, commerce, and the service sector; and $1.44 (95 rupees) per day in agriculture. The minimum wage in the garment industry is $38 (2,500 rupees) per month. These minimum wages are insufficient to provide a decent standard of living for a worker and the standard family of five, but the vast majority of families have more than one breadwinner. Most permanent full-time workers are covered by laws that prohibit them from working regularly more than 45 hours per week (a 5-and-one-half day workweek). Such workers also receive 14 days of annual leave, 14 to 21 days of medical leave, and some 20 local holidays each year.
Claim: Salaries for state workers should be increased to Rs. 1000. - JVP (Social Media Users, 2024-07-02)
Evidence (2014-07-21): Recently the Commissioner General of Department of Probation and Child Care Services had said nearly 40,000 children in Sri Lanka do not receive any education due to severe economic hardships and nutrient deficiencies. This is where Mahinda Rajapaksa has brought our country down to. On the 11th the Secretary to the Ministry of Finance has convened a meeting of all secretaries to ministries. At the meeting secretaries have been instructed to cut off all re-current expenditure stating that the government is confronted with a severe financial crisis. Instructions have been given to cut off overtime, subsistence and fuel allowances. The state employees make their ends meet from various allowances they get, as the salary they get is very little due to various deductions. Now, P.B. Jayasundara asks secretaries of ministries to cut off these allowances. This government has dragged the masses into a very difficult economic position. Petrol prices are increased under such an environment. [...] Carlton Motor Sports Club imports 19 racing cars – 2 Lamborghinis, 1Porsche racing car, 13 Etios Motor Racing Cars and one each of Aston Marti, Nissan Fairlady and Honda Civic. The cost of these cars is Rs.93.3 million. Nearly US$800,000 goes out of the country. As import tax has been removed the country loses Rs.200 million. The tax relief for his sons is Rs.200 million. What kind of a leader is he? The government does not have money to increase the salaries of state employees by Rs.2500. The government that does not listen to the woes of farmers and fishermen has given budget relief to their sons.
Claim: Salaries for state workers should be increased to Rs. 1000. - JVP (Social Media Users, 2024-07-02)
Evidence (2024-05-10): On May 1, Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe declared that his government was increasing estate workers’ daily wage to 1,700 rupees ($US5.72), up from the current 1,000 rupees. He made the announcement at a May Day rally organised by the Ceylon Workers Congress (CWC) at Kotagala in the Nuwara-Eliya district. [...] In April 2021, President Gotabhaya Rajapakse’s government announced a 1,000-rupee daily wage via a gazette notification in an attempt to undermine estate workers’ strikes for a higher wage. The PA initially rejected the increase only to accept it after judicial intervention. However, it then devised various methods, including increasing daily production targets, to avoid paying the higher daily wage. [...] The All Ceylon Workers Union, which is controlled by the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP), has called for a 2,000-rupee daily wage for estate workers. It has no significant following in the estates, however, and always falls into line with the other unions’ pro-company wage policy.
Claim: Salaries for state workers should be increased to Rs. 1000. - JVP (Social Media Users, 2024-07-02)
Evidence (2021-09-20): The demand for Rs.1,000 as daily wage was made by the trade unions and political parties of the plantation workers in 2015, but the long –standing demand only became a reality in March 2021, after six years of struggle. Yet, in practice, it has caused more harm to the workers rather than benefiting them in a manner so as to improve their life -style. Accordingly, the daily wage was increased by Rs.300 from the existing daily rate of Rs.700 paid until February 2021. It is pertinent noting here that the wage increase of three hundred rupee includes hundred rupees contribution from the national budget, which can be considered as a major victory in the history of wage increase for the estate workers in Sri Lanka. It was indeed an exciting news for the estate workers, which of course materialized their demand after long periods of struggle. Unfortunately, the new wage became a deadlock in many estates that came under the purview of the Regional Plantation Companies (RPCs) in the country. Within a short period it became a nightmare for the workers in the RPC estates.
Claim: Salaries for state workers should be increased to Rs. 1000. - JVP (Social Media Users, 2024-07-02)
Evidence (2020-02-06): ‘Estate workers to be paid Rs.1,000 from March 1’ Responding to a question posed by JVP MP Anura Kumara Dissanayake on whether the estate workers would be paid Rs.1,000 from March 1 as declared by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa said that the plantation companies had agreed to pay the increased wage. [...] "Estate sector workers will get Rs.1,000 from March 1. The companies have agreed and they will pay," the Prime Minister said.
Claim: Salaries for state workers should be increased to Rs. 1000. - JVP (Social Media Users, 2024-07-02)
Evidence (2023-12-21): (Comrade Sunil Handunneththi’s observations at the press conference held at the JVP head office today (21). National Executive Members of National People’s Power Chaturanga Abeysinghe, and Prof. Anil Jayantha also participated.)
Claim: Salaries for state workers should be increased to Rs. 1000. - JVP (Social Media Users, 2024-07-02)
Evidence (2024-05-01): Despite the challenges, we made that decision. I wonder, what the responses of the JVP and the SJB were when those decisions were made? Nevertheless, let’s assess the current state of affairs in the country. Today, the rupee has strengthened significantly, standing at around 280 against the dollar. This strengthening of the rupee enhances the purchasing power of the people and improves their financial well-being. [...] In the past few years, many companies have experienced a decline in profits, posing a challenge to job creation for our youth. It’s crucial that we secure USD 4 to 5 billion to provide employment opportunities and safeguard the future of our young people. Modernizing the rural economy is essential to eradicate poverty and we have initiated programs toward that end. We have taken steps to alleviate the burdens faced by our citizens. Social security benefits have been tripled, with the number of beneficiaries increasing to 2.4 million. Government employees have seen a salary increase of Rs. 10,000, with corresponding raises in the private sector. Additionally, wages for plantation workers have been raised. These measures aim to provide relief to the people and ensure their well-being. [...] In this endeavour, I urge the JVP and the SJB to transcend traditional politics and join hands with us. I call upon the entire country to support our efforts to usher in a new era of economic transformation. Let us work together to propel our country forward while safeguarding its economic stability.
Claim: Salaries for state workers should be increased to Rs. 1000. - JVP (Social Media Users, 2024-07-02)
Evidence (2018-10-28): Three trade unions, the Lanka Jathika Estate Workers Union (LJEWU), Ceylon Workers’ Congress (CWC) and the Joint Plantation Trade Union Centre (JPTUC), are signatories to the current collective agreement. In negotiating the new agreement they have demanded that basic salaries of workers be increased by Rs. 500-1000 a day. [...] "Workers require at least a Rs. 1,000 salary. They have to deal with leeches and leopards and face the hot sun. They deserve better pay," he emphasised. [...] Some plantation workers lamented that life would be difficult for their families, even in the unlikely event that wages were increased to Rs. 1,000. Sivanaiyah Ladchumanan, a 51-year-old labourer, said even the "reasonable demand" of a basic wage of Rs. 1,000 would be inadequate to support a family of three as prices of goods, including those for basic needs, had increased significantly.
Claim: Russia Declares War Against The USA!! (Social Media Users, 2024-06-23)
Evidence (2024-06-23): The claim that Russia has declared war against the USA is unfounded and incorrect. The rhetoric from Russian officials reflects escalating tensions but does not amount to a declaration of war. Social media users should be cautious about misinterpreting or amplifying such statements without verifying the facts through reliable sources.
Claim: Russia Declares War Against The USA!! (Social Media Users, 2024-06-23)
Evidence (2022-02-24): In a pre-dawn address on Russian television, Putin announced that he was attacking Ukraine, a sovereign democracy on his doorstep. The barrage started minutes later — a moment the United States and its have allies have predicted for weeks, but which nonetheless reverberated throughout the international order. [...] Putin was issuing bold demands to the West about security guarantees while massing troops on his neighbor's borders, but unlike previous conflicts Russia's Kremlin-controlled state media was not selling its audience on the idea that war was imminent. That switch was flipped last week. Then on Monday, Putin stopped short of declaring war but laid out the case for one, delivering a revisionist history that painted Ukraine as an illegitimate country that belonged within Moscow's realm.
Claim: Russia Declares War Against The USA!! (Social Media Users, 2024-06-23)
Evidence (2021-12-03): Against the backdrop of a major buildup of Russian forces near Ukraine, a former Soviet republic and struggling democracy sandwiched between Russia and the West, the rhetoric and prospect for conflict have been sharpening daily. [...] Supporters say that’s with good reason: Russia backs a separatist movement in eastern Ukraine’s Donbas region, where fighting has killed about 14,000 people, according to international observers. And Moscow has periodically made seemingly menacing troop movements. In the spring, the United States European Command heightened its alert level after Russia moved forces within its own borders closer to Ukraine and deployed some units into Crimea. [...] Blinken minced few words in his meeting Thursday with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, declaring that if Moscow "decides to pursue confrontation, there will be serious consequences."
Claim: Russia Declares War Against The USA!! (Social Media Users, 2024-06-23)
Evidence (2023-02-18): The US government formally declared that Russia has committed crimes against humanity in its war on Ukraine. Vice President Kamala Harris made the announcement at the Munich Security Conference Saturday. [...] Earlier Saturday, Harris announced the US declaration on Russia at the Munich Security Conference in Germany, which Blinken is also attending. [...] The US government has officially declared that Russia committed crimes against humanity during its war in Ukraine, Vice President Kamala Harris announced in Germany on Saturday.
Claim: Russia Declares War Against The USA!! (Social Media Users, 2024-06-23)
Evidence (2023-09-23): But "at the same time, everyone says this is only conditions for negotiation," Lavrov said. [...] Lashing out at the West: In an earlier speech at the UNGA Saturday, Lavrov also slammed the US, European Union and NATO military alliance for their support of Ukraine, calling the West an "empire of lies." [...] Moscow has justified its invasion of Ukraine, which it usually refers to as a "special military operation," by framing it as a campaign of "denazification" — a description dismissed by historians and political observers — and as a struggle against Western powers who want to destroy Russia.
Claim: Russia Declares War Against The USA!! (Social Media Users, 2024-06-23)
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