Sean Higgins

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Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., called the Davis-Bacon Act wasteful and counterproductive, saying it hurt unskilled workers and cost taxpayers money. (iStock)

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Top Senate Republican calls for repealing union-backed wage law

Sean Higgins · July 30, 2014 3:42 pm

Myron Byrd puts his W-2 tax form on display during a protest outside a Wal-Mart store on June 4, 2014 in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

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Democrats push making labor organizing a ‘civil right’

Sean Higgins · July 30, 2014 10:00 am

This Dec. 11, 2012 file photo shows some of the thousands that gathered for a rally protest against the passage of right-to-work legislation outside the State Capitol in Lansing, Mich. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File)

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Study estimates unionization cost workers in some states $11,000

Sean Higgins · July 29, 2014 10:18 pm

Protesters gather outside of the McDonald's Corporation headquarters in Oak Brook, Ill., during the annual shareholders meeting demonstrating for higher wages and the right to unionize, in this May 22, 2014 file photo. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File)

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NLRB rules against McDonald’s in major labor law case

Sean Higgins · July 29, 2014 9:22 pm

Big Business is warning that the Environmental Protection Agency's efforts to push coal out of the energy mix will result in the loss of one million jobs while reducing annual household income by $2,100.ÃÂ (iStock Image)

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Phasing out fossil fuels will cost one million jobs, Big Business warns

Sean Higgins · July 29, 2014 5:58 pm

Four Republican lawmakers will be hit with Spanish-language ads during the Congress's August recess attacking them over their immigration stances, the Service Employees International Union said Tuesday. (AP Image)

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Big Labor hits Republicans for treating immigrant children like ‘criminals’

Sean Higgins · July 29, 2014 2:35 pm

Protesters gather outside of the McDonald's Corporation headquarters in Oak Brook, Ill., the annual shareholders meeting demonstrating for higher wages and the right to unionize, in this May 22, 2014 file photo. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File)

Will the NLRB super-size Big Labor’s fast food industry push?

Sean Higgins · July 28, 2014 10:06 pm

Eleanor Holmes Norton says ‘you don’t have a right to know’ what’s going on in government

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Eleanor Holmes Norton says ‘you don’t have a right to know’ what’s going on in government

Sean Higgins · July 25, 2014 8:38 pm

Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller askedÃÂ Lake County Circuit Court Special Judge George Paras to stay his ruling on right-to-work laws in the state, but the judge declined. (AP/Darron Cummings)

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Second judge rules against Indiana right-to-work law

Sean Higgins · July 25, 2014 6:26 pm

In a case involving a Macy's department store cosmetics counter, the National Labor Relations Board on Tuesday further expanded its recent precedents allowing for so-called "micro-unions."ÃÂ (AP/Stephan Savoia)

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NLRB ruling further expands ‘micro unions’

Sean Higgins · July 24, 2014 9:32 pm

In an impressive display of "we don't care how this looks," the Florida Education Association has sued the Sunshine State to prevent students from receiving more state-managed, privately-funded scholarships, including a new scholarship program for disabled students.ÃÂ (iStock Image)

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Teachers union sues to prevent expansion of privately-funded voucher program

Sean Higgins · July 24, 2014 6:57 pm

Leading Democratic lawmakers and allied liberal groups are promoting a bill, titled the Schedules that Work Act, that would give employees more rights to demand flexible work schedules and demand an end to long, irregular work shifts. (iStock Photo)

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Big Labor wants ‘schedules that work’ — just not for them

Sean Higgins · July 24, 2014 5:26 pm