Comments on: [Serious] Support the Arbitration Fairness Act today

By: oral agreements

oral agreements — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 02:44:42 +0000

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By: NipenrinE

NipenrinE — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 13:48:34 +0000

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By: Leta Licata

Leta Licata — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 01:34:01 +0000

In response to PHP Encoder: You are right. The “Big Boy” have the power. I worked as a secretary for a Union Local (United Steel Workers) in a rural Oklahoma town. We represented employees that work at ConocoPhillips and Continental Carbon. I can say that there were many arbitrations the Union won. However, there were also many times the company would refuse to live up to the decision. They would end up going to court asking that the decision be vacated. They had more money, and all the legal resources they needed to draw it out. In the mean time it was always the worker that suffered. The corporations know they have non-labor-friendly administration in place to help them screw us all.

By: Prose Before Hos

Prose Before Hos — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 20:36:27 +0000

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By: Greg

Greg — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 14:30:12 +0000

If you get an arbitration letter about a past due debt (like MBNA) you can send a letter refusing arbitration. You can find a sample letter are creditboards.com.

By: ChartWizard

ChartWizard — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 13:03:19 +0000

Yeah . . . either class action lawsuits or binding arbitration, hmmmmm, and there’s no middle ground? Sounds like just more emotional-based Republican talking points designed to sway a non-critical public. The corporate intent is ALWAYS to deny access to courts and . . . OMG, juries! . . . to us commoners. Then all that’s left is their appointed judges or their pre-selected (and corporate paid) arbitrators.

By: burbed

burbed — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 09:06:24 +0000

Nice use of a strawman there.

Go figure – it’s either class action lawsuits, or arbitration.

Is it that impossible that there are lawsuits that aren’t class action?

If my oral surgeon (who requires mandatory arbitration) ends up being negligent and I lose my jaw, would that really be a class action suit?

By: John Rohan

John Rohan — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 07:41:07 +0000

Ok – here’s the alternative. We keep going with class action suits, where a few lawyers represent thousands of clients. The attorneys get millions in fees while each client “wins” coupons or store credit or some other worthless compensation that most don’t claim anyway because they didn’t even know about the lawsuit in the first place.

By: Mr PHP Encoder

Mr PHP Encoder — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 07:22:05 +0000

We had a couple of clients who chose arbitration and it worked well for them. Basically I think when it comes to consumers I agree that the ‘big boys’ still have more power, however for smaller companies arbitration removes the need for very expensive legal action that can leave both parties losers – financially.