Adam Dean
adamdean.bsky.social
Adam Dean
@adamdean.bsky.social
Associate Professor GW.

Labor unions and international trade.

blogs.gwu.edu/adamdean/
Trump's mix of high tariffs and union-busting won't deliver higher wages or new manufacturing jobs for American workers - it will just increase profits for corporations.

Check out my new report with @epi.org:
Trump's broad & historically high tariffs are bad for everyone.

But even strategic tariffs aren’t guaranteed to protect workers without unions.

Tariffs can protect industries, but only unions protect workers.

Read more on why Trump’s trade policy won’t help US workers: www.epi.org/publication/...
Unions raise wages. Tariffs don’t: Why Trump’s trade policy won’t help U.S. workers
Summary Tariffs do not automatically raise wages or create good jobs. While protectionist trade policies can help preserve jobs in industries facing unfair competition, strong unions are a prerequisit...
www.epi.org
September 3, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Reposted by Adam Dean
I’m so happy to announce that my book is now published and available open-access! (🧵coming soon, too :)
"A beautifully written and insightful take on the evolution of mental healthcare in advanced democracies, and one that opens a new lens on one of the most central, and largely unexamined, parts of the modern state."

The Welfare Workforce by Isabel M. Perera

Out now in #OpenAccess cup.org/3DQJizT
The Welfare Workforce
Cambridge Core - Comparative Politics - The Welfare Workforce
cup.org
January 10, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Reposted by Adam Dean
I'm really excited for the rollout of trueviews.org on Tuesday. This is a website we've been working for awhile, which shows public opinion at a variety of geographic scales, including zip codes, state legislative districts, congressional districts, and states.
Home | TrueViews
trueviews.org
August 30, 2024 at 9:16 PM
Reposted by Adam Dean
Got my hands on a copy.
August 24, 2024 at 6:50 PM
Reposted by Adam Dean
Here's an opening for a newly created job @rooseveltinstitute.bsky.social: Director of Democratic Institutions. Concerned about and want to research America's unique counter-majoritarian challenges like the Supreme Court, filibuster, and more? This is for you.
rooseveltinstitute.org/careers/dire...
Director of Democratic Institutions - Roosevelt Institute
The Director, Democratic Institutions will build the Roosevelt Institute’s portfolio of work on strengthening and rebuilding our democratic institutions. The Director will develop a portfolio on key g...
rooseveltinstitute.org
June 10, 2024 at 10:34 PM
My book on labor repression and free trade is now available in paperback!

tinyurl.com/5n8tmzvr

Use Cambridge University Press code POLI0424 for a 77% discount compared to the old hardcover version!
February 1, 2024 at 7:16 PM
I wrote about labor unions and American democracy for EPI with @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social & @jamiemccallum.bsky.social.

Here's our new post on unions' defense of ballot drop boxes:
www.epi.org/blog/decline...
January 23, 2024 at 5:10 PM
Reposted by Adam Dean
Counties with higher union membership rates were more likely to have ballot drop boxes in the 2022 midterm elections

Cool study by @adamdean.bsky.social @jamiemccallum.bsky.social @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social

www.epi.org/publication/...
January 11, 2024 at 12:49 AM
@jbouie.bsky.social:
“Republicans...know that organized labor is a key obstacle to dismantling the social safety net. The question is whether Democrats understand that their fortunes are also bound up in the fate of workers.”

EPI report finds that unions defend democracy, too:

tinyurl.com/2jfkc74a
Labor unions and the defense of American democracy: The fight over ballot drop boxes during the 2022...
This report analyzes the relationship between local labor union density and access to ballot drop boxes during the 2022 midterm elections. Areas with greater labor union density had considerably more ...
www.epi.org
December 21, 2023 at 4:24 PM
Worried about voting rights and the 2024 election?

Labor unions are vital to defend ballot drop boxes and voting access.

1 point ⬆️ union density ➡️ 9.8% ⬆️ drop boxes.

Check of my new EPI report with @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social & @jamiemccallum.bsky.social

www.epi.org/publication/...
December 21, 2023 at 3:59 PM
Thanks for your support, @lipstickecon.bsky.social and WorkRise!

Stay tuned for more studies on healthcare worker unions with @jamiemccallum.bsky.social, @atheendar.bsky.social, Paula Chatterjee, and David Michaels.
Very happy to share WorkRise's 2023 grantees!! Exciting projects on things like domestic workers voice, employee ownership to promote Black income and wealth, warehouse work and labor mobility, strategic labor enforcement, and more! Check it out: www.workrisenetwork.org/workrise-awa...
December 5, 2023 at 10:12 PM
Want a Safer Workplace? Join a Union.

With 75K healthcare workers on strike, check out my latest on labor unions in @theprospect.bsky.social with David Michaels + Jamie McCallum

prospect.org/labor/2023-1...

@aflcio.bsky.social @epi-org.bsky.social
October 5, 2023 at 11:56 AM