Sean Higgins

Arlington

Research Fellow and Writer at The Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI)

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Articles

Why government reform may hinge on ending federal unions

2 weeks ago | cei.org | Sean Higgins

President Trump’s executive order ending collective bargaining for a wide swath of federal cabinet agencies and other government entities is a laudable attempt to end the failed experiment with federal government unions. It still faces some tests regarding whether the president’s reach goes that far. Federal workers were first granted collective bargaining rights under Civil Service Reform Act (CSRA) of 1978, thanks to then-President Jimmy Carter.
March adds 228,000 jobs ahead of a rocky economic road: CEI analysis

2 weeks ago | cei.org | Ryan Young |Sean Higgins

The job numbers report for March show 228,000 jobs were added to the economy, with the unemployment rate staying steady at 4.2 percent. While the report is good news, the numbers are yet reflective of total federal job losses and President Trump’s tariffs. CEI Senior Economist Ryan Young:“It is a relief to see some good economic news. The caveat is that none of President Trump’s major tariffs took effect in March.
Trump’s push to remake the NLRB - Competitive Enterprise Institute

3 weeks ago | cei.org | Sean Higgins

Things are a bit topsy-turvy currently at the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), the federal agency that oversees labor-management disputes in the private sector. The five-member Board currently has three vacant seats, a Republican appointee as chairman and a Democratic appointee as the lone remaining member. The NLRB requires a quorum of at least three people for it to act. However, one former member is challenging her firing and that case may end up before the Supreme Court.
Five ideas for Secretary Chavez-DeRemer

3 weeks ago | cei.org | Sean Higgins |Ryan Smith

President Trump’s newly-confirmed labor secretary, Lori Chavez-DeRemer, has been viewed with suspicion by many on the free-market right. She can rectify that by adopting the same free-market approach as Trump’s previous picks for the cabinet position, Eugene Scalia and Alexander Acosta. We at Competitive Enterprise Institute have some ideas on how she can do that.
Trump EO reflects big drawbacks of government unions: CEI analysis

3 weeks ago | cei.org | Kent Lassman |Sean Higgins

President Trump signed an executive order on March 27 to end collective bargaining with public sector unions in certain agencies with national security missions. CEI President Kent Lassman and labor policy expert Sean Higgins commented on drawbacks associated with government unions that led to this decision. Kent Lassman, CEI president;Collective bargaining by public sector unions is a bad idea that is due for the dustbin. James Madison observed that no man can be a judge in his own case.
Hawley’s bill speeds up union elections by removing guardrails

4 weeks ago | cei.org | Sean Higgins

Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) thinks workers are having too hard of a time forming unions. His solution to that is to fast-track the process by removing the guardrails that prevent workers from being railroaded into a union. Hawley has introduced legislation called the “Faster Labor Contracts Act.” It is intended to ensure that workers who have decided to collectively bargain can get a contract with management in place quickly.
Mia Love, the first Black woman elected to Congress as a Republican, has died

1 month ago | tpr.org | Sean Higgins

Mia Love, the daughter of Haitian immigrants, defied stereotypes as the first Black Republican woman elected to Congress, representing Utah from 2015 to 2019. She died on Sunday at age 49.
Mia Love, the first Black woman elected to Congress as a Republican, has died

1 month ago | ctpublic.org | Sean Higgins

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Mia Love, the first Black woman elected to Congress as a Republican, has died

1 month ago | wamc.org | Sean Higgins

AILSA CHANG, HOST:The first Black Republican Congresswoman has died. Mia Love represented central Utah from 2015 to 2019. KUER's Sean Higgins reports on her life and career. SEAN HIGGINS, BYLINE: The daughter of Haitian immigrants, Love was born in New York and raised in Connecticut. It was there, while in college, she met her husband, who was on a Latter-day Saint mission. They moved to Utah in the late '90s.
Mia Love, the first Black woman elected to Congress as a Republican, has died

1 month ago | kuow.org | Sean Higgins

Mia Love, the first Black woman elected to Congress as a Republican, has diedMia Love, the daughter of Haitian immigrants, defied stereotypes as the first Black Republican woman elected to Congress, representing Utah from 2015 to 2019. She died on Sunday at age 49.