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 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…
Can New York’s Hotel Industry Survive the Latest Union Victory?
- By: Sean Higgins
Numerous New York City hotel owners are struggling to stay alive and their workers’ union isn’t exactly making it easy for them. In fact, there…
Who Will “Blue Collar Joe” Work for?
- By: Sean Higgins
Joe Biden’s election as president of the United States signals a possibly radical shift in labor policy, pushing things much further left than even when…
Op-Eds/Articles
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…
National Review
App Shrugged: Will Uber Go Galt in California?
- By: Sean Higgins
The rideshare company Uber is threatening to end its operations in California entirely if the Golden State forces the company to classify all its drivers as…
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…