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AARP; Alliance for Affordable Services; American Automobile Association; American Coalition of Citizens with Disabilities; Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN)
Consumer organizations are advocacy groups that seek to protect people from corporate abuse like unsafe products, predatory lending, false advertising, astroturfing and pollution. Consumer Organizations may operate via protests , litigation , campaigning , or lobbying .
Public Citizen advocates before all three branches of the United States federal government. [3] Its five divisions include Congress Watch; Energy; Global Trade Watch; the Health Research Group; [4] and Public Citizen Litigation Group, a nationally prominent public interest law firm founded by Alan Morrison and known for its Supreme Court and appellate practice.
The Consumer Federation of America (CFA) is a non-profit organization founded in 1968 to advance consumer interests through research, education and advocacy. The CFA's website states that its members are nearly 300 consumer-oriented non-profits, each with a combined membership of 50 million people.
Consumer advocates worry that Trump could go further and effectively push the CFPB into hibernation by putting regulatory and enforcement efforts on ice while leaving key positions unfilled.
According to consumer advocates, and even some realtors, it’s a win for homebuyers and sellers. “Price transparency is a good thing, increased competition is a good thing, and this will ...
TURN (The Utility Reform Network) is a consumer advocacy organization headquartered in San Francisco, California.In 1972, Sylvia Siegel started TURN in her kitchen to represent consumers before the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), which she felt was overly focused on the interests of its regulated industries at the expense of consumers. [1]
If the $418 million legal agreement is approved by a federal court, consumer advocates predict the ranks of real estate agents will thin, further driving down commission prices.