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
U.S. Economy Adds 528k Jobs In July Amid Inflation and Shrinking GDP, but Congress isn’t Helping: CEI Analysis
The U.S. economy added 528,000 in July, and the unemployment rate edged down to 3.5 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.
U.S. Economy Adds 372,000 Jobs in June – Good News for Recession Worries
The U.S. economy added 372,000 jobs in June 2022, according to a new tally released today by the government. Meanwhile, the unemployment rate held steady…
CEI Experts React to Supreme Court’s West Virginia v EPA Decision
WASHINGTON—In deciding West Virginia v. EPA today, the Supreme Court held that Congress never authorized the Environmental Protection Agency to regulate carbon emissions from…
Blog
How the Inflation Reduction Act Favors Unions over Taxpayers
- By: Sean Higgins
The word “prevailing” appears 27 times in the text of the misleadingly named Inflation Reduction Act, which was passed by Congress Sunday and…
How to Make Official Time Even Worse
- By: Sean Higgins
“Official time” is the practice of allowing members of public sector unions to conduct union business while getting paid for the regular government job…
Regulators Going off the Rails on a Crazy Train
- By: Sean Higgins
One year after a supply chain crisis caused shortages across the nation, the Biden administration is trying to prevent railroads from modernizing and automating.
Op-Eds/Articles
Wall Street Journal
Amazon Takes On the National Labor Relations Board
- By: Sean Higgins
Amazon is pushing back against the recent union election at its Staten Island facility in a novel way: by taking on the National Labor Relations…
The Hill
You’re the Boss: Unionized Staff Would Force Democrats to Take on Management’s Role
- By: Sean Higgins
A group of congressional Democratic staffers are attempting to form a union. It might not be a bad idea. A major problem with Congress is…
The Hill
PRO Act limits worker rights
- By: Sean Higgins
The Protecting the Right to Organize Act bears the interesting distinction of being supposedly “pro-worker” legislation that mostly rolls back individual workers’ rights. The legislation’s…
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 Hill
Authorizing congressional unions won’t end Democrats’ labor troubles
- By: Sean Higgins
The Hill cites CEI Research Fellow Sean Higgins discussing congressional unions: The framework for congressional staff to collectively bargain was actually created when the newly…
Freedom Works
AUDIO: Sean Higgins of CEI on job gains
- By: Sean Higgins
CEI Research Fellow Sean Higgins discusses job gains on Freedom Works Radio.
The Washington Times
Teachers’ unions scrutinized over Harvard study of COVID-19 learning
- By: Sean Higgins
The Washington Times cites CEI Research Fellow Sean Higgins on teachers’ unions: Sean Higgins, a research associate at the libertarian Competitive Enterprise Institute, said these…