Claim: Says Oregon state employees received a "catch-up" pay raise in 1981 -- just two years after they agreed not to take a raise in exchange for a retirement benefit.
Fact-check: Dennis Richardson says state employees received a 15.3 percent catch-up raise in 1981 contract
Verdict: false
Organisation: PolitiFact
Author: Janie Har
Date published: 2011-09-02T00:00:00