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
September Brought Uptick in Jobs – Will Next Government Steps Help or Hurt?
Employers added 661,000 jobs in September, and the unemployment rate declined to 7.9 percent from 8.4 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics said today…
Great News on Job Recovery
Upending expert predictions, the U.S economy added 2.5 million jobs in May and the unemployment dropped to 13.3 percent, according to the Labor Department. This,…
Blog
Biden’s OMB Pick, Neera Tanden, Once Warned Democrats against a $15 Minimum Wage
- By: Sean Higgins
Joe Biden’s choice of Neera Tanden, president of the liberal Center for American Progress, to be the next director of the Office of Management and…
A Cold Winter for Santa in Sunland, California
- By: Sean Higgins
Department store Santa Claus Patrick Turnbull has hoisted children onto his lap and listened to their Christmas wishes for two decades in Sunland, California, but…
Biden to Focus on Public Sector Unions First?
- By: Sean Higgins
All indications are that the Biden administration will be the most pro-labor one since at least Harry Truman’s. Biden has promised to defer to labor…
Op-Eds/Articles
National Review
Exit Polls Suggest Little Enthusiasm for Biden among Union Members
- By: Sean Higgins
Although Joe Biden won a majority of votes cast by labor-union members, available data suggest he did slightly worse than past Democratic presidential candidates. That’s despite…
National Review
The Notorious RBG’s Turf War with Congress
- By: Sean Higgins
Reexamining Justice Ginsburg’s dissent in Ledbetter makes the deep flaws in her approach to the law clear. The late Supreme Court justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg…
The Detroit News
Workplace Transformation Will Affect Everyone, Even Labor Unions
- By: Sean Higgins
The Labor Day holiday dates to the early 20th century, and envisioned as a public celebration of “the strength and esprit…
Citations
Reason
Department of Labor Proposes New Rule Protecting the Right To Be a Gig Worker
- By: Sean Higgins
Reason cites research fellow Sean Higgins on California’s AB5 rule: The new rule “is definitely a reaction” to the California law, says Sean Higgins, a research…