The Fair Arbitration Now Blog

    Another Victory!


    Peter Gosselar, December 18, 2009

    We won some enormous victories this week in our quest to end mandatory binding arbitration. [READ MORE]

    More than 125,500 tell Chamber of Commerce: Stop protecting rapists!


    Rick Claypool, December 17, 2009

    That’s right, more than 125,500 signed our petition to demand an end to the US Chamber of Commerce’s lobbying against Senator Franken’s (D-Minn) amendment to bar defense contractors like Halliburton/KBR from forcing employees with sexual assault and discrimination claims into arbitration. [READ MORE]

    Another One Bites the Dust


    Peter Gosselar, November 20, 2009

    The Wall Street Journal reports today that JP Morgan Chase is dropping arbitration from its credit card agreements to settle an anti-trust suit. [READ MORE]

It's time to end forced arbitration. Companies must stop taking advantage of Americans and must be held accountable.

Stand Up for Victims of Sexual Assault
and Discrimination

We helped pass Sen. Franken's (D-Minn) amendment to bar defense contractors from forcing employees like Jamie Leigh Jones (left) with sexual assault and discrimination claims into arbitration. Nobody should have to give up their right to go to court if harmed by a company as a condition for a contract. Congress now needs to pass the Arbitration Fairness Act and end forced arbitration once and for all.

Sign the Petition

Forced arbitration allows companies to play by their own rules and escape accountability when they harm consumers and employees.

I am troubled that even if you refuse to sign a contract but show up for work or use a product or service, you can lose even the option of going to court. People who have been harmed by discrimination, negligence, defective products or scams should not be forced into arbitration.

I strongly support legislation to end the practice of forcing employees and consumers to sign away their rights to legal protections and access to the courts. The Arbitration Fairness Act would make mandatory binding arbitration unenforceable in civil rights, employment, consumer, and franchise disputes, but would not eliminate voluntary arbitration agreed to after a dispute arises.

It’s time to put a stop to companies avoiding accountability. Congress should enact the Arbitration Fairness Act now to protect the rights of employees and consumers.

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