• givesomefucks@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    I’ve literally never seen any person argue that forced arbitration is a good thing for consumers…

    It’s always corporations

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      1 month ago

      That’s because the arbitrators are hired by the company. Unless it’s an egregious situation, who’s going to side against the people signing their paycheck?

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      1 month ago

      How often are you reading about someone suing and then that lawsuit (which is already in court) being dropped because they got a better offer for an arbitration/settlement out of court? For me that’s a very common thing to read for bigger cases.

      But I agree that forced arbitration with not even a chance to take it to court if you don’t like the offer is horrible for the consumer