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
Economy Added 223,000 Jobs in December – Some Good News and Bad
The U.S. economy added 223,000 jobs in December, according to government data, and the unemployment rate dipped down to 3.5 percent, where it was…
Job Gains in November 2022 Amid Inflation, Economic Problems: CEI Analysis
The U.S. economy added 263,000 jobs in November while the unemployment rate held steady at 3.7 percent, according to the Labor Department. CEI experts break…
House Premature on Rail Strike Intervention: CEI Analysis
The House today voted today on a resolution aimed at averting an impending strike by freight rail workers on December 9 – over a…
Blog
Philip Howard’s Not Accountable Focuses on Reform of Public Sector Unions
- By: Sean Higgins
Of the 14.3 million people that the Department of Labor says are currently union members, almost half, 7.1 million, work in public sector jobs.
Unionization Is Down to 10.1 Percent of the Workforce, Lowest Level on Record
- By: Sean Higgins
The Department of Labor annual survey of union density, released today, shows that unions have fallen to just 10.1 percent of the overall workforce,…
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…
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
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…
Reason
Biden Chips Away at Trump’s Deregulatory Legacy With New Gig Worker Rule
- By: Sean Higgins
The Biden administration took yet another swipe at former President Donald Trump’s deregulatory legacy today with the release of a draft regulation that would expand (and…