John,
Big business is spending $2,000 per op-ed to try and defeat one of my bills, the Forced Arbitration Injustice Repeal Act (FAIR), which means one thing: it must be good for consumers and bad for their bloated bank accounts.
The FAIR Act levels the playing field for consumers when they get into a dispute with a business by ending the practice of forced arbitration.
One of our indelible rights is the right of a jury trial. Guaranteed by the Constitution, this right has been gradually ceded by citizens every day as they purchase a new cell phone, buy a home, place a loved one in a nursing home, or accept a new job. Once used as a tool for businesses to solve their disputes, arbitration agreements have found their way into employment, consumer, franchise and medical contracts.
Corporations use arbitration to take advantage of consumers every day, because they know they can get away with it. Enough is enough, will you chip in so I can continue my fight for hardworking consumers?
Forced arbitration harms consumers by binding them in a legal system they can’t afford. Instead of corporations acknowledging their wrongdoing, they work to silence consumers with their power and money. I introduced the FAIR Act to protect consumers by ending forced arbitration.
We can’t let corporations avoid accountability because of their wealth. WIll you chip in and stand with me against big business?
We're in this together,
— Hank Johnson
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