Sean Higgins

Read the latest stories and analysis from Sean Higgins.

Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., speaks in Marion, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

WaPo Fact Checker spars with liberal groups over Sanders’ jobs claim

Sean Higgins · August 18, 2015 6:37 pm

BillÂ Bauer, a nuclear power plant worker, says that whenÂ he refused to pay labor union fees, noting that state law says he is not obligated to pay the union anything, he was told by the company he could not work until he did.Â (AP Photo)Â

Union coercion charged in right-to-work Tennessee

Sean Higgins · August 18, 2015 4:01 am

This May 7, 2014 file photo shows Rep. John Kline, R-Minn., during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci, File)

Kline applauds labor board rejecting student athlete case

Sean Higgins · August 17, 2015 8:14 pm

Northwestern football players are reflected in a helmet during drills at practice at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside campus on Monday, Aug. 17, 2015, in Kenosha, Wi. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Phelps)

NCAA applauds rejection of Northwestern players’ union bid

Sean Higgins · August 17, 2015 7:47 pm

The National Labor Relations Board rejected a bid by football players at Northwestern University to form a union. (AP Photo)Â

College players’ bid for labor union rejected

Sean Higgins · August 17, 2015 4:34 pm

The issue arose when a complaint last year named the McDonald's Corp. as a "joint employer" with its local franchises, a new and unusual interpretation of ownership. (AP)

Hotels, restaurants seek cover from Congress on NLRB ruling

Sean Higgins · August 15, 2015 4:01 am

People listen during a get out the vote rally put on by local unions and Democratic politicians on the grounds of the Jackson Memorial hospital on October 18, 2010 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Business struggles against ‘quickie’ union election rule

Sean Higgins · August 12, 2015 10:47 pm

Labor Secretary Tom Perez has applauded the efforts to raise it to that level in speeches, often appearing at events hosted by activists and politicians. (AP Photo)Â

Labor’s stealth push for a $15 minimum wage

Sean Higgins · August 12, 2015 4:01 am

Lafe Solomon, the acting general counsel for the National Labor Relations Board, testifies during a U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform field hearing on an NLRB complaint against Boeing Co. on Friday, June 17, 2011, in North Charleston, S.C. (AP Photo/Bruce Smith)

Courts keep ruling Obama labor officials serve illegally

Sean Higgins · August 11, 2015 4:01 am

Chris Christie's presidentialÂ bid is being haunted by the Garden State's crippling pension problems, which the governor has yet to tame. (AP Photo)Â

State pension woes haunt Christie campaign

Sean Higgins · August 10, 2015 4:01 am

The Labor Department releases employment data for July on Friday. (Deborah Cannon/Austin American-Statesman via AP, File)

Economy adds 215,000 jobs in July, unemployment rate unchanged at 5.3 percent

Sean Higgins · August 7, 2015 12:50 pm

McConnell recommends for the lead counsel in the Supreme Court case against Obama's recess appointments.Â (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Will critic of labor board get appointment to serve on it?

Sean Higgins · August 7, 2015 4:01 am