Sean Higgins

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"The Employee Rights Act would solve problems workers face today -- including problems enshrined in current labor law. The bill would help restore a balance of power in the workplace from unions to workers," the organization said in post Wednesday. "Heritage Action ... will include co-sponsorship of this legislation in our scorecard." (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Heritage Action pushes lawmakers on Employee Rights Act

Sean Higgins · November 19, 2015 9:50 pm

Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Chairman Sen. Lamar Alexander, left, and House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman Rep. John Kline, trying to resolve competing versions of a rewrite to the No Child Left Behind education law. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Lawmakers agree on compromise on No Child replacement

Sean Higgins · November 19, 2015 7:46 pm

Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., chairman of the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, will holdÂ a hearing on legislation dubbed the Protecting Local Business Opportunity Act. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Congress cramming to finish education bill

Sean Higgins · November 19, 2015 1:14 am

Not much research behind $12 minimum wage proposal

Sean Higgins · November 18, 2015 5:01 am

The legislation is an effort to head off organized labor's push to unionize Indian casinos.Â (AP Photo/Nicholas K. Geranios).

House votes to limit federal labor authority over Indian tribes

Sean Higgins · November 17, 2015 8:44 pm

Clinton has had a rocky relationship with labor, which partly fueled Sanders' rise in the polls. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)

SEIU endorses Clinton

Sean Higgins · November 17, 2015 6:49 pm

Antonin Scalia, usually the court's leading conservative, surprised observers last year by appearing to lean toward labor's side during oral arguments in a similar case involving public-sector unions calledÂ Harris v. Quinn.Â (AP Photo)

Big labor’s unlikely hope: Antonin Scalia

Sean Higgins · November 16, 2015 5:01 am

Created by the federal government, the Postal Service remains under its authority but operates as an independent business.Â (AP Photo/Alex Washburn, File)

Postal reform arriving via snail mail

Sean Higgins · November 14, 2015 5:01 am

The post office lost money for the ninth year, due to competition, lack of flexibility and benefits costs.Â (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

Black hole: Postal Service lost $5.1 billion last year

Sean Higgins · November 13, 2015 5:31 pm

LarryÂ David, star of the cable show "Curb Your Enthusiasm" and an occasional contributor to SNL, shouted it out during Trump's opening monologue.Â (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)

Liberal mag polls comics on Larry David calling Trump ‘racist’

Sean Higgins · November 12, 2015 11:55 pm

OUR Walmart -- the "OUR" stands for Organization United for Respect -- has staged protests and other events directed at Walmart for several years.Â (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Walmart foes announce plans to fast against retailer

Sean Higgins · November 12, 2015 9:43 pm

TheÂ Service Employees International UnionÂ is one of the nation's largest unions and is a major player in Democratic politics.Â (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

Clinton SEIU endorsement rumored

Sean Higgins · November 12, 2015 5:47 pm