Protecting Coloradans

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Protecting Coloradans

Corporations are stacking the deck against you.

Have you signed a “fine print” contract? They’re in contracts for almost everything, from car loans to cellphones, to nursing homes to credit cards – even signing up for a Facebook account. Anytime you hit a “terms and agreements” checkbox, you’re signing away your right to hold corporations responsible for wrongdoing.

Forced arbitration strips away your legal rights.

The "fine print” forces you into arbitration if you have a dispute with the company. Why should you care? It means you can’t go to court if your loved one is harmed in a nursing home, your cell phone catches on fire or your employer pulls a fast one on you.

Coloradans deserve arbitration transparency.

Arbitrators should adhere to ethical standards, disclose financial and other relationships and be excluded if there are conflicts of interest. There should be public reporting of these actions, just like the courts. And their should be basic protections preventing out-of-town venues, waiver of legal rights and one-party arbiter selection.

Help level the playing field with big corporations.

We are a group of advocacy and grassroots organizations fighting for Coloradans every day. The stack is decked against us but your stories and support can help make the difference. Share your story and sign up to take action today.

Share Your Story

there’s an easy way to help fight FOR JUSTICE: share your story.

Have you been discriminated against at work but couldn’t fight back because of the contract language you signed when you were hired?
Did you ever buy a defective product – a toy, car or even a home – and find out you had no way to pursue justice because of a contract arbitration clause?
Were you unlucky enough to be at the mercy of a payday lender or credit card company when they treated you unfairly?

If you’ve been harmed by unfair arbitration clauses, we want to know – share your story below. The more stories we collect, the more powerful our coalition becomes!

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*We respect your privacy and your information will be kept safe - never sold to given to anyone outside of this coalition. We only ask for as much information as possible so that we can verify your story and help get it in front of the right lawmakers, making sure they see the impact this dubious practice has on their constituents. We may also post your first and last initials with your city and story on this website or coalition members' websites in order to raise awareness about this issue.

Take the #COripoff Challenge

A few places that have binding arbitration agreements in their contracts, tying the hands of Coloradans...

...and the list goes on. Forced arbitration agreements are every where - you most likely trigger a handful before you even got to work. Use your computer? Check Facebook or Instagram? Read your Gmail? Take an Uber to work? Check your bank account? Then you probably triggered a forced arbitration agreement.

Even places that we trust with our loved ones - like daycare centers or nursing homes - have forced arbitration agreements in their contracts; prohibiting you from holding them accountable should they harm your child or parent. It's ridiculous.

When you see a arbitration agreement in a contract (it may also say, "alternative dispute resolution"), take a picture of it and post it on social media with the hashtag #CORipOff and the company or product it's for.

See some examples below of what these clauses my look like & make sure your friends and family are aware of what rights they are signing away.

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More Information

To learn more about forced binding arbitration, read the New York Times' three-part series about forced arbitration, "Beware The Fine Print," below - a finalist for the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for investigative reporting: