Sean Higgins

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Several GOP candidates at Tuesday's debate saidÂ that they would oppose raising the federal minimum wage up from its current rate of $7.25 an hour, arguing that a higher rate would ultimately harm the poor more than help them.Â (AP Photo/Mike Groll)

GOP candidates oppose higher minimum wage

Sean Higgins · November 11, 2015 3:01 am

Nobody really knows what a $15 minimum would do to the economy. Past increases in the federal minimum wage were incremental. There is no precedent for raising it to the level being discussed, more than double its current rate, economists note. (AP photo)

Business groups predict few workers at wage protests

Sean Higgins · November 9, 2015 9:47 pm

The national right-to-work group said last year there was "zero reason to believe that any local right-to-work ordinances adopted in Kentucky or any other state will be upheld in court." (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

Counties experiment with right-to-work laws

Sean Higgins · November 2, 2015 5:01 am

The union, which previously claimed about 60% of the caregivers involved as members, now claims just 30%. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

Caregivers leave Midwest union in droves one year after Harris v. Quinn

Sean Higgins · November 1, 2015 6:01 am

Home healthcare workers have held rallies in 236 U.S. cities in their push for higher pay and union rights.Â (Bloomberg Photo)

Big Labor trickery on display in effort to unionize home care

Sean Higgins · October 31, 2015 4:01 am

Justices have spoken at the conservative lawyers' convention since 2009. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)

Conservative justices skip Federalist Society event

Sean Higgins · October 30, 2015 6:38 pm

Rubio, labor in agreement on high tech visas

Sean Higgins · October 29, 2015 3:40 am

Business groups and conservative activists are taking a page from their liberal counterparts and using state-level activism, enlisting friendly legislatures to undo a federal pro-union regulation that targeted big franchise businesses such as McDonald's. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

House committee moves to rein in labor board

Sean Higgins · October 28, 2015 6:50 pm

AFL-CIO President Richard TrumkaÂ praised President Obama's executive order on immigration, saying the president was acting within his authority to better the nation's "moral and economic interests."Â (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Big labor calls for Ex-Im Bank revival

Sean Higgins · October 28, 2015 3:35 pm

Sen.Â Lamar Alexander and other lawmakers accuse the department of planning to use OSHA to punish businesses for issuesÂ unrelated to workplace safety and hiding those efforts from Congress. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

GOP demands documents on OSHA rule targeting franchisers

Sean Higgins · October 27, 2015 10:14 pm

Nurses with just a two-year degree now face more competition and are increasingly finding that they'll need a four-year degree just to be competitive in the job market --Â something that many may not be able to afford. (AP photo)Â

Obamacare regs give nurses a headache

Sean Higgins · October 26, 2015 4:01 am

An employee at the Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga, Tenn., works on a Passat sedan. (AP/Erik Schelzig)

UAW renews bid to represent VW workers in Tenn.

Sean Higgins · October 23, 2015 11:44 pm