Tag: Sean Higgins

Business groups and Republicans praised President Trump's choice late Tuesday of lawyer William Emanuel to serve on the National Labor Relations Board, the main federal labor law enforcement agency. (Image courtesy screenshot)

Trump nominee will consider recusing himself from NLRB cases involving Trump businesses

Sean Higgins · July 13, 2017 3:10 pm

Sen. Lamar Alexander read aloud comments the Democrats made four years ago during President Obama's administration that called quick confirmation of board nominees as important to the nation's economy. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Lamar Alexander jabs Democrats over NLRB picks

Sean Higgins · July 13, 2017 2:25 pm

The labor federation said the two nominees' records "raise serious concerns" and appeared "to be in direct conflict" with the labor board's mission. (Wikipedia Commons)

AFL-CIO attacks Trump’s NLRB nominees

Sean Higgins · July 12, 2017 10:47 pm

The comment was apparently directed at Jerry Reese, director of franchise development for the New Orleans-based Dat Dog. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

Democrat slams companies for caring ‘more about their hotdogs’ than their workers

Sean Higgins · July 12, 2017 7:01 pm

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)

Small businesses urge Congress to rein in NLRB

Sean Higgins · July 12, 2017 2:15 pm

The nominees for the National Labor Relations Board would give the board a Republican majority for the first time since President George W. Bush's administration. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick)

Senate to examine Trump workplace policy team

Sean Higgins · July 11, 2017 5:34 pm

UAW demands union vote at Mississippi Nissan plant

Sean Higgins · July 10, 2017 10:53 pm

The Trump administration promised to impose new sanctions against Iran for other questionable activities, such as its ongoing ballistic missile testing. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Senate Democrats filibustering most Trump nominees

Sean Higgins · July 9, 2017 4:01 am

The Justice Department said it no longer supports the National Labor Relations Board in a fight with businesses over requiring workers to arbitrate disputes. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Democrats attack Jeff Sessions over workers’ rights case heading to Supreme Court

Sean Higgins · July 6, 2017 8:53 pm

A former score projected that 32 million more people would be uninsured in a decade. (iStock by Getty Images)

House GOP to push case against ‘joint employer’ policy

Sean Higgins · July 6, 2017 5:01 pm

Advocates for a higher wage have criticized the report's methodology, but one author shrugged it off, saying it was to be expected given the groups' politics. (Elizabeth Flores/Star Tribune via AP)

Liberals try to refute Seattle minimum wage study

Sean Higgins · July 6, 2017 4:01 am

Justice Department told the court it would rethink the minimum salary a worker must make before he is deemed "managerial" and not eligible for overtime pay. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump administration will rewrite Obama-era overtime rule

Sean Higgins · July 3, 2017 9:17 pm