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Sean Higgins is senior editorial writer for The Washington Examiner. He was previously Washington correspondent for Investor's Business Daily. A Virginia native, he now lives in Arlington.

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  • Senate committee advances NLRB nominees over GOP objections

    Sean Higgins

    Published: Wed, May 22, 2013

    Senate Health, Education Labor and Pensions Committee  members approved the nominations of the White House’s five picks to run the National Labor Relations Board. Several Republicans objected to two of the nominees though, indicating they will face trouble in the full Senate. That means...

  • New Obama NLRB gambit headed nowhere

    Sean Higgins

    Published: Mon, May 20, 2013

    Members of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee are set to vote this morning on a full slate of five nominees to the National Labor Relations Board. It will likely okay all five, who will then go into the legislative limbo that is the full Senate. There are plenty of...

  • AFL-CIO blasts immigration bill deal on high-tech visas, urges Senate to pass bill

    Sean Higgins

    Published: Wed, May 22, 2013

    AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka issued an angry statement yesterday blasting Senate immigration bill negotiators for agreeing to a package of amendments at the behest of the tech industry that expand the H-1B visa program. Trumka called the amendments, which were sponsored by Sen. Orrin Hatch,...

  • AFL-CIO issues legislative alert on NLRB nominees

    Sean Higgins

    Published: Tue, May 21, 2013

    The nation’s largest labor coalition sent out the following “Dear Senator” letter out Tuesday afternoon. The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee is set to vote on five nominees to the National Labor Relations Board on Wednesday morning: On behalf of the AFL-CIO, I...

  • Obama's latest NLRB gambit will fail

    Sean Higgins

    Published: Tue, May 21, 2013

    Members of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee are set to vote this morning on a full slate of five nominees to the National Labor Relations Board. It will likely OK all five, who will then go into the legislative limbo that is the full Senate. There are plenty of people...

  • Former NLRB chair: Appointments have been a battleground for decades

    Sean Higgins

    Published: Tue, May 21, 2013

    Former National Labor Relations Board Chairwoman Wilma Liebman had an op-ed in Politico yesterday urging the full Senate to approve the five NLRB nominees the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee is set to vote on tomorrow. She argues the situation at the NLRB — which...

  • Union head: Obamacare will undermine our member’s insurance

    Sean Higgins

    Published: Tue, May 21, 2013

    Joseph Hansen, president of the 1.3 million member United food and Commercial Workers, has an op-ed up in the Hill today in which he pleads with the White House to alter the Affordable Care Act  – aka Obamacare — to keep it from undermining UFCW members’ insurance. The basic problem...

  • Union announces opposition to Commerce Secretary pick Pritzker

    Sean Higgins

    Updated: Mon, May 20, 2013

    On Monday, the Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees (HERE) union announced it would formally oppose the White House’s pick of Penny Pritzker to be the new Commerce Secretary. The Chicago billionaire, a major Obama fundraiser, is set to have a Senate committee confirmation hearing on...

  • Report: Union decertifications increase, Teamsters hit hardest

    Sean Higgins

    Updated: Mon, May 20, 2013

    Bloomberg BNA reports: How often does a unit of already-unionized workers actually decide to formally say goodbye to their union—and is it happening more often now than in the past? Actually, it is happening less often. The (National Labor Relations Board) reported 228 decert elections in...


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