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
Jobless Claims Just Fell, but Government Barriers Remain a Problem
The number of new jobless claims fell below 300,000 for the week ended Oct. 9 — the first time since COVID-19 hit. Continuing claims…
Jobs Added to U.S. Economy in September Show Signs of Hope and Hesitancy: CEI Analysis
The U.S. economy added 194,000 jobs added in September, and unemployment dipped. CEI experts Ryan Young and Sean Higgins say this is encouraging because it…
Disappointing August Job Gains Tied to Covid Restrictions, Politics
Competitive Enterprise Institute experts commented on today’s disappointing news about August job gains, urging policy makers to reject restrictions and politics and look for ways…
Blog
There Is Less to Biden’s Ports Deal than It Appears
- By: Sean Higgins
President Biden on Wednesday announced that the two main ports on the West Coast will start operating 24 hours a day to help address…
Why Don’t U.S. Ports Operate 24/7? Ask the Unions
- By: Sean Higgins
There has been a massive backlog for months now of cargo ships waiting to drop their goods at West Coast U.S. ports. As I…
America Needs More Truckers on the Road
- By: Sean Higgins
Severe backups and bottlenecks in the nation’s ports, particularly on the West Coast, have created severe logistical and supply problems throughout the country. This is…
Op-Eds/Articles
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…
Inside Sources
New AFL-CIO Leadership Should Orient to Worker Recruitment Strategies, Not Politics and Laws
- By: Sean Higgins
The American labor union movement has a unique opportunity to choose a leader to transform unions into dynamic, responsive representation that will attract new members.
National Review
Why Richard Trumka Failed
- By: Sean Higgins
The legacy of the late Richard Trumka, longtime leader of the AFL-CIO, the nation’s largest labor federation, is of a union movement firmly…
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…