Public Justice
@Public_Justice
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A national nonprofit legal advocacy organization. We protect consumers, employees, civil rights & the environment.
Washington, DC & Oakland, CA
Joined September 2010
Today, Public Justice has decided to suspend its organizational account on X (formerly known as Twitter) for the foreseeable future.
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With your help, we raised over $12,000! Your donations help us win cases, set new legal precedents, and advocate for the rights of everyday Americans.
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Everyone deserves the right to seek justice through the courts—workers, consumers, students. Everyone. When you give today, you can help Public Justice open the courthouse doors and make our legal system more equitable for all. #GivingTuesday
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Journalists at LAT and Witness LA fought LA County to release jail surveillance video revealed in court. Once they got it, they uncovered LASD's culture of violence against the incarcerated. https://t.co/FbOIC4Knab
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Our Environmental Enforcement Project team works tirelessly to hold companies accountable for the damage they cause by violating environmental laws. We fight for communities like Javon's, where unregulated coal dust impacts people’s health and the environment.
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Public Justice is thankful for the generosity of our donors and the bravery of our clients, like Camika Shelby. Nigel’s mother Camika exemplifies the courage it takes to call out systemic discrimination and pursue legal action through the courts. https://t.co/nbWppUxexN
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"Nothing in the history behind the enactment of the Federal Arbitration Act nor this court's prior holdings supports calling Flowers' truck drivers 'bakery workers.'" Hear more from Gerson Smoger and 16 attorneys general: https://t.co/afSm1ivlkh
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A group of 16 attorneys general told the U.S. Supreme Court that requiring courts to determine whether workers are exempt from the Federal Arbitration Act based on the industry they are in goes...
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We're proud to have filed an amicus brief in support of @TowardsJustice's fight on behalf of workers like Vidal who are harmed by stay-or-pay contracts that include unlawful pre-dispute mandatory arbitration clauses.
In The New York Times Magazine, Executive Director @daveyseligman highlights our advocacy and litigation on behalf of workers trapped in stay-or-pay contracts and how companies are using fine-print contracts to subject workers to modern day indentured servitude. /1
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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and 11 states work together to shut down predatory "job placement" service that saddled students with illegal loans. Thank you @CFPB! https://t.co/vizVL3wpwo
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A single minute of a prison call can cost a dollar, pushing one in three families into debt. #PrisonReform #CareNotCages
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Deaths of immigrant workers on Wisconsin dairy farms show the dire need for effective OSHA oversight and ethical farming practices. Farm owners must prioritize farm safety! https://t.co/9YMdnnIuHy
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“We’ve been dealing with the same problems for millennia, so I don’t think any of us thought that it was gonna go away immediately. It makes me so hopeful to see people are fighting, standing up and having success in their communities.” - @DanaBolger
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Earned wage advances are just predatory payday loans disguised as apps, with average annual percentage rates of over 330% disguised as "tips" and fees. That's why we oppose the Earned Wage Access Consumer Act.
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“Most parents, especially when a child has died, are seeking a full reckoning of all the facts that related to their loved one’s death, because they just can’t fathom how it came to this,” said Al Gerhardstein, co-counsel in Gabriel Taye’s case. https://t.co/hXfz8FBPXV
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