Sean Higgins

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White House planning tariffs on auto imports

Sean Higgins · May 23, 2018 9:26 pm

Few teachers believe unions do a good job representing their views

Sean Higgins · May 23, 2018 8:22 pm

Joe Manchin: White House staff ‘pushing back’ against Trump’s trade policies

Sean Higgins · May 23, 2018 1:50 pm

Stephen Roberts, with the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), holds up a sign against Mark Janus during a rally outside of the Supreme Court, Monday, Feb. 26, 2018, in Washington. The Supreme Court takes up a challenge in a case that could deal a painful financial blow to organized labor. The court is considering a challenge to an Illinois law that allows unions representing government employees to collect fees from workers who choose not to join.

Unions prepare for loss in Supreme Court case on public-employee dues

Sean Higgins · May 22, 2018 10:44 pm

FILE - In this April 6, 2018, file photo, Amy Coulter, center, and her husband Mark, left, play with their children at the Place Heritage Park in Salt Lake City. Hundreds of new Utah laws are going into effect governing alcohol signs, medical marijuana and first-in-the-nation protections for hands-off parenting.Tuesday, May 8, 2018, is the trigger for most of the more than 500 laws passed by the Utah Legislature this year, 60 days after the end of the short legislative session. Among them is the state's so-called "free-range" parenting law, which protects parents whose children are able to take small trips alone. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File )

New Utah law lets kids be kids

Sean Higgins · May 22, 2018 4:00 am

The U.S. Supreme Court building stands in Washington, D.C., U.S.

Supreme Court ruling latest blow to Obama workplace law legacy

Sean Higgins · May 21, 2018 10:56 pm

Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin talks with reporters about trade with China outside of the White House, Monday, May 21, 2018, in Washington.

White House open to ‘skinny NAFTA’ deal, Steven Mnuchin says

Sean Higgins · May 21, 2018 5:23 pm

The art of the trade deal

Sean Higgins · May 19, 2018 4:00 pm

Workers with the American Federation of Government Employees union protest outside of the Environmental Protection Agency headquarters in D.C.

Union fires back at White House over report on time feds spend on labor issues

Sean Higgins · May 18, 2018 6:41 pm

White House urged to continue NAFTA talks despite shrinking odds for deal

Sean Higgins · May 18, 2018 5:14 pm

Several hundred Teamsters union members participate in a 2015 rally at the University of California Los Angeles. The Teamsters and other labor unions said Wednesday the Supreme Court's decision barring mandatory union fees at government agencies is likely to lead to long-lasting harm for workers at private companies.

Unions give $1.3 billion to Democrats, liberal groups since 2010

Sean Higgins · May 17, 2018 8:05 pm

Official time was first allowed under the 1978 Civil Service Reform Act and is essentially viewed as a trade-off for certain limitations put on federal unions, such as prohibitions on striking.

Federal workers got $175 million to do union work instead of their jobs

Sean Higgins · May 17, 2018 3:32 pm