Sean Higgins

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Lauren McGarity McFerran was approved by the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Tuesday to be the newest member of the National Labor Relations Board, the federal agency that enforces labor law. (AP Photo)

Labor board: Employer cannot say union could hurt business

Sean Higgins · August 6, 2015 4:01 am

The biggest beneficiary of the U.S.'s inability to reach a consensus with its trading partners on the Trans-Pacific Partnership may be Bernie Sanders. (AP Photo)Â

Sanders may be biggest beneficiary of trade deal delay

Sean Higgins · August 5, 2015 4:01 am

It's been said, perceptively, that Hillary Clinton avoids public outrage precisely because she has such a track record of high-handedness and cronyism. (AP Photo)Â

Hillary Clinton to miss AFL-CIO Iowa candidate forum

Sean Higgins · August 4, 2015 8:09 pm

Researchers inspecting for computer viruses at Hauri Inc. the IT security software vendor on March 21, 2013 in Seoul, South Korea. (Photo by Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images)

National Security

Labor Department vulnerable to data breach

Sean Higgins · August 4, 2015 6:02 pm

National teachers unions are "not for education for our children, theyÃ¢â¬â¢re for greater membership, greater benefits, greater pay for their members," N.J. Gov. Chris Christie said. (Getty Images)

Unions accuse Christie of promoting ‘violence and hate’ against teachers

Sean Higgins · August 3, 2015 1:30 pm

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)

The great unknown: The $15 minimum wage

Sean Higgins · August 3, 2015 4:01 am

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., left, speaks to the media after speaking at the 2015 International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail, and Transportation Workers Conference, Tuesday, July 28, 2015, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Sanders’ growing support a dilemma for union leaders

Sean Higgins · July 31, 2015 4:01 am

Chicago school teachers picket outside Wells High School on September 10, 2012 in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Court backs labor board on speedy election rule

Sean Higgins · July 30, 2015 6:45 pm

"This was an attempt by the UAW to take away the rights of certain workers and force union payments from them, going directly against Michigan law," said Patrick Wright, vice president for legal affairs at the Mackinac Center.Â (Photo by Bill Pugliano/Getty Images)

Michigan supreme court upholds state right-to-work law

Sean Higgins · July 29, 2015 11:03 pm

The Fannie Mae headquarters in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

House panel votes to cap CEO pay at Fannie, Freddie

Sean Higgins · July 29, 2015 8:42 pm

Members of minority groups who obtain higher education still lag far behind whites in accumulating wealth and obtaining financial stability. (AP Photo)Â

Student debt undermining advantages of college for minorities

Sean Higgins · July 29, 2015 3:00 pm

Rep. Joe Wilson, R-S.C., second from left, speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, July 27, 2015, where the Employee Rights Act was discussed. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

GOP rolls out Employee Rights Act to cripple union power

Sean Higgins · July 27, 2015 9:44 pm