Tag: Sean Higgins

"If we carry out our strategy in all 50 states next year, we can take back the House," Democratic National Committee Chairman Tom Perez said in a fundraising pitch. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Democrats promise 50-state strategy in 2018

Sean Higgins · December 29, 2017 9:53 pm

A U.S. district judge in Michigan rejected the American Federation of Teachers' claim that Project Veritas had illegally obtained trade secrets from it or that publishing them would harm the union. (AP)

Project Veritas wins round in court against teachers union

Sean Higgins · December 27, 2017 10:27 pm

Lawmakers, including Sen. Elizabeth Warren, want to know why William Emanuel didn't recuse himself from a case that overturned a decision that controversially expanded the labor board's joint employer standard. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Democrats demand to know why NLRB member voted on major case

Sean Higgins · December 26, 2017 8:37 pm

Tens of thousands of people are involved in the industry, which has unions seeking to outmaneuver each other in an effort to sign them up. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

Unions look to organize pot industry

Sean Higgins · December 26, 2017 7:35 pm

President Trump's job approval among African-American voters hit just 4 percent in a November poll. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Trump wishes nation a happy Kwanzaa

Sean Higgins · December 26, 2017 5:15 pm

Union members listen in as protesters fill the Kentucky Capitol rotunda to speak in protest of Kentucky House Bill 1 on Jan. 7 in Frankfort, Ky. The bill makes it illegal for workers to have to join a labor union or pay dues to keep a job. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)

Biggest change in labor policy next year could come from Supreme Court

Sean Higgins · December 24, 2017 5:01 am

On Thursday, the National Labor Relations Board stated that a business can be held liable for workplace law violations at another company only if it has "direct control" over the second businesses' workplace. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick, File)

NLRB rolls back ‘joint employer’ standard for business liability

Sean Higgins · December 14, 2017 11:13 pm

Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz.,argues that leaving the deal would harm the economy and lead to increased immigration. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Jeff Flake urges White House not to pull out of NAFTA

Sean Higgins · December 14, 2017 8:44 pm

The Economic Policy Institute has said studies in Chicago, Los Angeles, and New York found that 12 percent of tipped workers had their tips taken by their employer when they didn't qualify for the pooling exception. (iStock)

Proposed Labor Department rule on tips would let employers pocket billions, liberal think tank says

Sean Higgins · December 14, 2017 6:53 pm

In this 2015 photo, Vox's website is displayed on an iPad held by an Associated Press staffer in Los Angeles. Vox Union, a group affiliated with the Writers Guild of America East, has accused Vox Media, the parent company of the popular liberal news site Vox, of "union busting" for refusing to accept their claim to have the backing of a majority of its workers to form a union. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)

Owners of liberal media site Vox accused of ‘union busting’

Sean Higgins · December 14, 2017 12:04 am

Mexico's Secretary of Economy Ildefonso Guajardo Villarreal in effect told his U.S. counterparts that if the talks fall apart and President Trump follows through with earlier threats to pull the U.S. out of the deal, Mexico would be able to find other trading partners. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Mexico looks to Europe as NAFTA talks struggle

Sean Higgins · December 13, 2017 11:20 pm

"At the same time that we are doing a $1.5 trillion tax cut for the rich we ought to be able to find a few billions for workers' pensions," Rep. Bobby Scott, D-Va., said. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Democrats push to add pension fix to spending bill

Sean Higgins · December 13, 2017 5:53 pm