Sean Higgins

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Protesters crash Senate hearing with U.S. trade rep

Protesters crash Senate hearing with U.S. trade rep

Sean Higgins · January 27, 2015 6:34 pm

Average annual membership in non-right-to-work states are substantially higher. (iStock Photo)

Unions charge members less in right-to-work states

Sean Higgins · January 27, 2015 5:32 pm

On campaign trail, Scott Walker downplays union battles

On campaign trail, Scott Walker downplays union battles

Sean Higgins · January 27, 2015 10:00 am

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Dems urge labor board to ‘vigorously defend’ new union election rules

Sean Higgins · January 26, 2015 11:04 pm

Employee Shantel Burris prepares patient meals at Montefiore Medical Center's Wakefield Campus in the Bronx borough of New York. (Michael Nagle/Bloomberg)

A closer look at sick leave

Sean Higgins · January 26, 2015 10:00 am

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Kentucky counties look at right-to-work

Sean Higgins · January 24, 2015 10:00 am

Union membership continues three-decade slide

Sean Higgins · January 23, 2015 5:31 pm

Both the Chamber and NAM said that their organizations were optimistic that they could support the final version. (iStock)

Business groups worry about Pacific trade deal

Sean Higgins · January 21, 2015 8:22 pm

The president urged lawmakers Tuesday to pass trade promotion authority, legislation that would limit Congress to an up-or-down vote on approving trade deals. (iStock)

Democrats reject Obama’s call on free trade

Sean Higgins · January 21, 2015 6:16 pm

In an executive order last February, President Obama called for the Labor Department to develop new regulations that would effectively force businesses to pay workers more overtime. (Bloomberg)

Obama tells Congress: You try living on the minimum wage

Sean Higgins · January 21, 2015 4:12 am

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Obama tries to sway free-trade critics

Sean Higgins · January 21, 2015 3:09 am

A hiring sign sits outside the Steak Escape restaurant in Flowood, Miss., Friday, Sept. 19, 2014. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

Obama’s plans may raise cost of hiring by more than $5 per hour

Sean Higgins · January 20, 2015 10:00 am