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
236,000 Jobs Added in March 2023
The U.S. economy added 236,000 jobs in March, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, suggesting good and bad future trends, say CEI…
Economy Adds 311,000 Jobs in February 2023 – Good News
The U.S. economy added 311,000 jobs in February, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, more than expected by experts. Competitive Enterprise Institute…
Economy Adds 517,000 Jobs in January: CEI Analysis
The U.S. economy added 517,000 jobs in January 2023, according to newly released government numbers. That’s higher than expected. CEI experts explain what it…
Blog
In Chicago’s Mayoral Runoff, It’s a Question of Which Union Wins
- By: Sean Higgins
In Chicago’s upcoming mayoral race, the question is not whether organized labor will win, but rather which public sector union walks away with bragging rights.
Michigan’s Right To Work Repeal Is a Repeal of Individual Rights
- By: Sean Higgins
If right to work laws are so bad than why do their critics have such a hard time talking about what precisely the laws do? …
DOL Nominee Julie Su An Aggressive Enforcer, Inept Manager
- By: Sean Higgins
President Biden’s announcement Tuesday that he would nominate Department of Labor Deputy Labor Secretary Julie Su to replace departing Labor Secretary Mary Walsh is…
Op-Eds/Articles
National Review
The Federal Minimum Wage Is Irrelevant to Most Workers
- By: Sean Higgins
It has been 13 years since the federal government last raised its minimum wage — currently $7.25 an hour — and that’s totally fine. It’s fine…
Issues and Insights
Customers, Not Regulators, Should Hold Southwest Accountable
- By: Sean Higgins
Southwest Airlines’ scheduling meltdown over the holiday weekend has prompted Capitol Hill lawmakers to propose hearings and federal regulators like Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg to promise a…
DJ Journal
NLRB Doesn’t Want Workers to Hear Both Sides on Unions
- By: Sean Higgins
Amazon isn’t the only corporation to face such charges. Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz was hit in October for comments regarding unions, indicating that the…
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 Washington Times
‘Great Resignation’ becomes ‘Great Regret’ for job-hoppers
- By: Sean Higgins
Many employees who quit last year in the so-called Great Resignation are now reporting the Great Regret as Big Tech layoffs reduce coveted work-from-home positions.
Wall Street Journal
House Approves Imposing Railroad Labor Deal, Paid Sick Leave Measure
- By: Sean Higgins
The White House said Mr. Biden broadly supports providing more sick leave for rail workers, but he opposes measures that could slow down passage of…
The Center Square
Washington Supreme Court ruling could boost the cost of public works
- By: Sean Higgins
The Washington Supreme Court has reversed a lower court to find the state’s latest prevailing wage law constitutional. The statute “requires the industrial statistician” at…