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NCL urges DC Council to reject anti-consumer and anti-worker bill
/in Compensation / Wages, Labor, Press release, Uncategorized Advocacy Letters, Advocacy Testimony, Statements /by Melody MerinIn preparation for a June 8 hearing, NCL submitted a letter to the DC Council urging that the council reject Bill 25-0280, the “Workers and Restaurants are Priorities Act of 2023.” NCL believes this bill is both anti-consumer and anti-worker and it sets a dangerous precedent for carving out an exemption to our DC Consumer Protection Procedures Act (CPPA) for the sole protection of restaurants.
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National Consumers League calls on auto industry to bargain fairly with workers
/in Compensation / Wages, Labor, Press release, Statement, Uncategorized executive pay, fair wages Press Releases /by Melody MerinThe National Consumers League, the nation’s longest-operating consumer organization, calls on the auto industry to bargain fairly with the very workers who have helped the industry become extremely profitable.
NCL stands with Swifties in testimony before Congress
/in Consumer Protection, Press release, Uncategorized ticketing press_releases Press Releases /by Melody MerinTestifying before a Congressional committee, the National Consumers League (NCL) today urged support for comprehensive ticketing reform legislation to fix a “rigged” live event industry.
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Top Ten Scams Report: Consumers reported massive uptick in crypto-linked fraud losses in 2022
/in Featured Home - Fraud Prevention, Fraud policy, Fraud Prevention, Press release, Scams consumer, consumer protection, fraud, Fraud Policy, Fraud.org, John Breyault, press release, scam, scams Press Releases /by Katie BrownReports of scams tied to cryptocurrencies drove a significant increase in median losses in 2022, according to the National Consumers League’s annual Top Ten Scams report. The report, published annually, analyzed more than 3,500 consumer fraud complaints filed with NCL’s Fraud.org campaign last year.
2023 Script Your Future Medication Adherence Team Challenge winners
/in Consumer Education, Featured Home - Consumer Education, Health, Medication adherence, Press release, Teens health policy, Script Your Future Press Releases /by Katie BrownToday, the National Consumers League (NCL) announced the winners of its twelfth annual Script Your Future Medication Adherence Team Challenge, an eight-week intercollegiate competition among health profession student teams and faculty to combat poor medication adherence in the United States, where nearly three out of four patients do not take their medication as directed.
Team from Hawaii wins its state’s first National LifeSmarts Championship
/in Consumer Education, Education, Featured Home - Consumer Education, LifeSmarts, Press release, Teens Consumer Education, consumer finance, press release Press Releases /by Katie BrownThe team from Maryknoll School in Honolulu, Hawaii, was crowned the 2023 National LifeSmarts Champion in Cincinnati, Ohio, this past Sunday, April 30. In 29 years of LifeSmarts competition this is the first-ever win for The Aloha State.