$65,000
Labor Unions and Workplace Safety Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic
2022
Adam Dean is an associate professor in the Department of Political Science at George Washington University and a nonresident scholar at the Washington Center for Equitable Growth. His research focuses on the political economy of international trade, labor politics, and the socioeconomic determinants of public health.
His second book, Opening Up By Cracking Down, will be published by Cambridge University Press in October 2022. Dean received his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago, M.Sc. from the London School of Economics, and B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania.
Funded Research
Authored by Adam Dean
Policy
Even health care, the strongest sector of the U.S. jobs market, cannot deliver the wages its workers deserve without unionization (opens in a new tab)
Essays SEP 10, 2025
By: Adam Dean, Jamie McCallum
Household Economic Security
Labor, Wages & Worker Power
Policy
The political implications of bad jobs and the decline of unions (opens in a new tab)
Blog MAY 13, 2025
By: Adam Dean, Jamie McCallum
Economic Equity & Opportunity
Household Economic Security
Labor, Wages & Worker Power
Political Economy & Democracy
Media Mentions
Early summerlike weather tests California workers and state’s ability to protect them (opens in a new tab)
In the News MAR 20, 2026
Media Mention in:
The Sacramento Bee
Las Vegas heat season is starting earlier than ever. Are worker protections keeping up? (opens in a new tab)
In the News MAR 17, 2026
Media Mention in:
KTNV Las Vegas
California study has lessons for efforts to protect workers from excessive heat (opens in a new tab)
In the News JAN 1, 2026
Media Mention in:
NPR
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