Tag: Sean Higgins

Former Milwaukee County sheriff David Clarke, a prominent supporter of President Trump, crowed Thursday about emailing an f-bomb to a local reporter. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Former sheriff David Clarke boasts about sending f-bomb to reporter

Sean Higgins · September 21, 2017 7:21 pm

"So-called right-to-work laws give corporations the ability to trample workers' rights and dismantle unions," said co-sponsor Sen. Sherrod Brown. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

Democrats introduce bill to repeal right-to-work nationwide

Sean Higgins · September 20, 2017 10:15 pm

The data was drawn from unions' annual financial filings with Labor Department. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)

Unions gave $765 million to Democrats, liberals from 2012 to 2016

Sean Higgins · September 20, 2017 8:42 pm

The Senate has scheduled a Monday confirmation vote for William Emanuel, President Trump's nominee to fill the remaining open seat on the National Labor Relations Board. (Image courtesy screenshot)

Senate to vote on NLRB nominee Monday

Sean Higgins · September 20, 2017 5:16 pm

Republican Gov. Scott Walker applauded the ruling and defended the purpose of the law. (AP Photo/Scott Bauer, File)

Appeals court upholds Wisconsin right-to-work law

Sean Higgins · September 19, 2017 10:07 pm

Gade, who lost a leg in Iraq, said in 2011 that allowing women in combat roles would be a "gigantic detriment," but he has disavowed those remarks. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

National Security

Patty Murray criticizes EEOC pick Daniel Gade for remarks about women in military

Sean Higgins · September 19, 2017 6:13 pm

Spicer believes President Trump's business acumen can improve the administrative services at the VA. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

EEOC nominee is a critic of veterans disability pay

Sean Higgins · September 19, 2017 2:00 pm

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

Trump taps management lawyer for top NLRB post

Sean Higgins · September 16, 2017 12:49 am

Rep. Bobby Scott proposed a new grant program that would "addresses the need for a well-trained, prepared and empowered direct care workforce now and for the future." (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Rep. Bobby Scott proposes grant program open to unions

Sean Higgins · September 15, 2017 10:13 pm

Philip Miscimarra, chairman of the National Labor Relations Board, said he wants to clear as many cases as possible before his term expires in mid-December. (@Union_Proof /Twitter)

NLRB chief says agency to increase work

Sean Higgins · September 15, 2017 4:38 pm

Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta said during his Senate confirmation hearings that while the Obama administration went too far, the overtime rule needed to be updated. That has policy advocates on both sides wondering what the White House will eventually replace it with. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

White House mulls rewrite of overtime rule

Sean Higgins · September 14, 2017 10:08 pm

Rep. Bobby Scott and other Democratic lawmakers introduced child care legislation Thursday that would provide federal subsidies to low-income families, a proposal that will compete with the Trump White House's efforts to enact similar policies. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Democrats introduce early childcare bill

Sean Higgins · September 14, 2017 7:55 pm