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Pronita Gupta, an expert on labour issues, has been named US President Joe Biden's Special Assistant for Labor and and Workers int he Domestic Policy Council.
"Olivia Golden, executive director for the CLASP said that the Gupta is an 'extraordinary leader' who 'places people with low incomes and people of colour at the core of her work…'”
"Gupta, who until recently served as director of job quality at the Center for Law and Social Policy, has a reputation in liberal circles as a leading authority on paid leave. Allies say she’ll focus on the intersection of worker assistance and low-income families."
"Pronita Gupta, the director of job quality at the Center for Law and Social Policy, points out that women are now either the sole or co-breadwinner in 64 percent of families, and that share is even higher in families led by women of color."
Quotes Pronita Gupta and Kate Gallagher Robbins about the provisions of the stimulus bill for working women.
Pronita Gupta was quoted about emergency federal paid leave program expiring on Dec. 31: “We have seen the harmful outcome — the high number of coronavirus cases in health care facilities, especially among low-wage nursing home workers.”
Pronita Gupta said people “who may be sick or have a family member who is sick will be forced to go to work,” and “That will spread the contagion.”
“'There’s a whole invisible group of workers who ensure that the rest of the economy functions,' said Pronita Gupta, director of job quality at the Center for Law and Social Policy, a non-profit."
Pronita Gupta was quoted in this article about how the emergency paid leave policy “essentially left out 106 million workers nationwide."
"There is no evidence so far that any of the programs are getting crushed by the coronavirus pandemic, and Gupta believes that’s because the programs are just one of many federal and state programs — including unemployment benefits and the federal coronavirus relief package — aimed at helping people through a crisis."