Public Citizen: BMA, Arbitration, credit cards - Spread the Word to Protect Others!
Binding mandatory arbitration essentially privatizes the judicial process. By signing your name on the dotted line, you forfeit your right to a trial by jury. Just consider: If someone steals your identity to buy a $4,000 plasma TV and the credit card company want you to pay for it, the dispute completely bypasses the courtroom and goes straight to a for-profit arbitrator. But, there is something you can do about this! Use the Public Citizen form to personalize a letter to insist that your members of Congress support legislation to ban the use of pre-dispute binding mandatory arbitration clauses in consumer and employment contracts. Go to Public Citizen to do you part...