Sean Higgins

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The new standard means that a business could now find itself in the position of bankrolling a strike against itself. (Getty Images file)

Labor board: Firms must deduct union dues after contract expires

Sean Higgins · August 31, 2015 9:59 pm

The Browning-Ferris case involved a California recycling company by that name that subcontracted some of its work at a facility in Milpitas, Calif., to Leadpoint, an Arizona-based company.Â (AP Photo)

Labor board ruling will create major confusion in disputes: Critics

Sean Higgins · August 29, 2015 4:01 am

The hearing concerned legislation called the Protecting Local Business Opportunity Act, which wouldÂ limit the legal definitionÂ of a joint employer to two or more businesses that have "actual, direct andÂ immediate control" over a groupÂ of workers. (AP Photo)Â

Labor board expands contractors’ liability for subcontractors’ actions

Sean Higgins · August 27, 2015 7:17 pm

Vice President Joe Biden reportedly met privately with AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka Thursday. (Getty Images)

Biden holds private meeting with top labor leader

Sean Higgins · August 27, 2015 6:09 pm

GOP candidates ‘hateful and racist,’ labor leader says

Sean Higgins · August 27, 2015 4:52 pm

The Chamber of Commerce argued Wednesday that, to the contrary, complying with the rule would createÂ "a highly complex, dispersed and cumbersome set of standards..." (AP Photo)Â

Business blasts Obama’s new blacklist

Sean Higgins · August 26, 2015 10:31 pm

Several top unions have joined a coalition group called "Alliance to Fight the 40" that also includes major health insurance companies such as Cigna to oppose the "Cadillac tax." (Ron Antonelli/Bloomberg)

Unions, insurers team up to fight coming Obamacare tax

Sean Higgins · August 26, 2015 4:01 am

An estimated 2,000-2,500 shepherds come into the U.S. each year through the visa program.Â (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

Immigrant labor harming U.S. shepherds, lawsuit says

Sean Higgins · August 25, 2015 4:01 am

Fans of the St. Louis Rams hold a 'Los Angeles Rams' sign against the San Diego Chargers during their NFL Game on November 23, 2014 in San Diego, California. (Photo by Donald Miralle/Getty Images)

NFL stadium near LA airport poses safety risk, ex-DHS chief warns

Sean Higgins · August 23, 2015 4:01 am

Union members from around the country rally at the Michigan State Capitol to protest a vote on Right-to-Work legislation December 11, 2012 in Lansing, Michigan. (Photo by Bill Pugliano/Getty Images)

Michigan union finds new way to fight teachers’ efforts to leave it

Sean Higgins · August 21, 2015 4:01 am

Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, a Democrat, was convicted on 18 counts in 2011 after a secret scheme to sell the appointment to President Barack Obama's former Senate seat to the highest bidder in 2008 was exposed.Â (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)

Blagojevich appeal rejected

Sean Higgins · August 19, 2015 7:11 pm

Mechanic Antonio Ramos works on a car at San Rafael Firestone January 5, 2009 in San Rafael, California. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Public approval of unions ticks upward

Sean Higgins · August 19, 2015 4:30 pm