Consumer Protection The Student PIRG's consumer program works to alert the public to hidden dangers and scams and to ban anti-consumer practices and unsafe products. From student loan rip-offs to high interest credit cards, students are often targeted by predatory practices as they enter the financial marketplace. We worked this year to make sure that students are protected as consumers. progress Student PIRG staff release U.S.PIRG’s 32nd annual report “Trouble in Toyland,” highlighting dangerous toys to avoid before Black Friday which is covered by 37 media outlets. MASSPIRG campaigns for and the Massachusetts State Senate passes a Student Loan Bill of Rights. VICTORY! WASHPIRG students support a package of student consumer bills and successfully establish a Student Loan Bill of Rights and new rules to regulate predatory lending. PIRG students successfully defend the federal Pell grant program from cuts by collecting student leader sign-ons, SGA resolutions, and thousands of petitions in opposition to proposed budget cuts to the Pell Grant and delivering them in district meetings across the country. OSPIRG students lobby in the state house and successfully advocate for the Oregon Net Neutrality Bill.
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