Sean Higgins is a research fellow at the Competitive Enterprise Institute specializing in labor and employment issues. As journalist, he covered the intersection of politics and economics for two decades, having been senior writer for the Washington Examiner, Washington correspondent for Investor’s Business Daily and a contributor to publications like Reason and National Review Online.”
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News
CEI Experts React to President Biden’s Wide-Ranging Executive Order on Competition
President Joe Biden signed an Executive Order on Promoting Competition in the American Economy today, which the White House claims is aimed at enhancing…
Government Can Further Jobs Gain By Continuing to Ease Restriction and Not Spending
The economy added 850,000 jobs in June, according to newly released numbers by the Labor Department. That exceeds the anticipated number of 700,00. And the…
Supreme Court Ruling Curtails California Privilege Wrongly Given to Labor Unions
Today the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in a case concerning a California regulation giving special permissions to labor unions vis a vis access to private…
Blog
Weil Is a Poor Choice to Lead Labor Department’s Wage and Hour Division
- By: Sean Higgins
Lawmakers should reject President Biden’s choice to serve as administrator of the Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division, a major federal law enforcement…
The Meaningless Symbolism of Raising the Minimum Wage for Federal Contractors
- By: Sean Higgins
The Biden administration is planning to increase the minimum wage for federal contractors to $15 an hour, but there is much less to this than…
With PRO Act, Congress Readies National Version of California’s AB5 Fiasco
- By: Sean Higgins
California’s AB5 law, which was meant to prevent worker misclassification, faced a popular backlash when it disrupted the livelihoods of freelancers and gig…
Op-Eds/Articles
Inside Sources
AFL-CIO Endorses Right to Work Protections … for Mexican Workers?
- By: Sean Higgins
The nation’s largest labor federation, the AFL-CIO, came out recently in favor of “right to work” protections—but only for workers in Mexican factories. The AFL-CIO…
Reason
When Joe Biden Talks About Worker Choice, He Means Only 1 Choice
- By: Sean Higgins
President Joe Biden believes joining a union isn’t merely a right that workers have but something the federal government has an obligation to promote. He…
The Washington Examiner
The Secret History of the Minimum Wage Movement
- By: Sean Higgins
As congressional Democrats push to raise the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour, it’s worth asking where that figure came from. Why $15 (more…
Studies
The Protect the Right to Organize Act Empowers Unions at Workers’ Expense
- By: Sean Higgins
View the Full Document as PDF The Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act is touted by its supporters as advancing the rights…
Citations
The Center Square
Feds To Pay Hundreds Per Child To American Families; Critics Warn Of Economic Fallout
- By: Sean Higgins
The Center Square cites Research Fellow Sean Higgins on tax credits: “In and of itself, making the full child tax credit payments available to…
WORLD
Help wanted but hard to find
- By: Sean Higgins
WORLD cites research fellow Sean Higgins on the workforce and COVID-19: Analysts point to different factors behind this conundrum. Sean Higgins, a research fellow…
WORLD
PODCAST: Help Desperately Wanted
- By: Sean Higgins
WORLD’s podcast, “Help Desperately Wanted,” cited Senior Fellow Sean Higgins on unemployment and COVID-19: Sean Higgins is a research fellow at the Competitive Enterprise…