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Jun 14, 2023

Former PetSmart Groomer Caught in Predatory Training Repayment Agreement Provision (TRAP) Denied Access to Justice, Seeks Leave to Appeal District Court Decision Ending Ground-Breaking Class Action

By ordering dispute resolved through arbitration, federal judge says PetSmart can use coercive fine print to avoid accountability for TRAP.

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Jun 1, 2023

Senate Betrays Hardworking Americans, Passes CRA Plan to Throw Student Loan Borrowers into Abrupt Repayment, Revokes Already Cancelled Debts for 260,000 Public Service Workers

Working people now look to President Biden to deliver on his promises to veto the Congressional Review Act resolution and deliver student debt relief.

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May 30, 2023

As Bipartisan Deal to Raise Debt Limit Moves Forward, Amendment by Congresswoman Pressley Seeks to Preserve Pause on Student Loan Payments

Folding to pressure from House Republicans, President Biden announces a plan to raise the debt limit that includes throwing people with student debt back into a broken system.

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May 28, 2023

Plan to Restart Broken Student Loan System as Part of Bipartisan Debt Limit Deal is “a Betrayal,” Advocates Say

Folding to pressure from House Republicans, President Biden announces a plan to raise the debt limit that includes throwing people with student debt back into a broken system.

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May 24, 2023

Right-Wing House Majority Votes to Inflict Crushing Economic Pain on Millions, Showcasing their Contempt for Workers and Families with Student Debt

Republican House members double down on attack against borrowers by voting to pass CRA resolution.

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May 23, 2023

Public Service Workers Decry Republican Plan to Push Millions of Teachers, Nurses, and First Responders Deeper into Debt as U.S. House Takes Up Congressional Review Act Resolution

SBPC joins AFT in releasing new analysis sounding the alarm for more than 260,000 public service workers as Congress takes historic vote to reinstate already-cancelled student loans and block student debt relief.

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May 10, 2023

First Major Healthcare Company Commits to Stop Using TRAPs to Keep Nurses From Leaving Jobs

All Workers Must Be Safe from Abusive TRAPs and Made Whole from Past Use May 10, 2023 | WASHINGTON, D.C. — HCA Healthcare, the largest for-profit healthcare system in the United States, announced last night on NBC Nightly News they will no longer rely on Training Repayment Agreement Provisions (TRAPs) to retain their nurses. As previous Student Borrower Protection Center (SBPC) reports have highlighted, employers have embraced TRAPs as a way to sidestep…

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May 8, 2023

Unprecedented Coalition of 260+ Labor, Civil Rights, and Advocacy Organizations Call on Congress to Reject Partisan Scheme to Reverse Student Loan Payment Pause, Block Debt Relief for Student Loan Borrowers

Groups from all 50 states warn lawmakers that abuse of the Congressional Review Act will wreak economic havoc on tens of millions.

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Apr 19, 2023

House Majority Proposes a “Permanent Student Debt Crisis,” Driving Borrowers Far Deeper Into Debt and Stripping Relief from Tens of Millions of Workers and Families

Fake outrage over the debt limit spurred House leadership to release a cruel, unjust, and irresponsible vision for how Americans pay for college, blocking all future Administrations from cancelling debt or fixing broken programs.

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Apr 14, 2023

“Unconscionable” Debt-for-Training Scheme Funnels Low-Wage Tech Workers to Fortune 500 Companies; Groundbreaking Class-Action Lawsuit Seeks to Void Predatory Training Repayment Agreement Provisions

Tech Training Bootcamp Smoothstack Engineered Modern-Day Indentured Servitude, Using TRAPs to Let Public Companies Like Accenture, Verizon, and CapitalOne Exploit IT Workers April 14, 2023 | WASHINGTON, D.C. — Last night, a former employee filed a class-action lawsuit against a tech-training and employee-staffing agency, Smoothstack, Inc. (Smoothstack). This new lawsuit alleges that Smoothstack steals wages from employees and pushes them to sign predatory Training Repayment Agreement Provisions (TRAPs), putting them on the hook…

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Former PetSmart Groomer Caught in Predatory Training Repayment Agreement Provision (TRAP) Denied Access to Justice, Seeks Leave to Appeal District Court Decision Ending Ground-Breaking Class Action

Senate Betrays Hardworking Americans, Passes CRA Plan to Throw Student Loan Borrowers into Abrupt Repayment, Revokes Already Cancelled Debts for 260,000 Public Service Workers

As Bipartisan Deal to Raise Debt Limit Moves Forward, Amendment by Congresswoman Pressley Seeks to Preserve Pause on Student Loan Payments

Plan to Restart Broken Student Loan System as Part of Bipartisan Debt Limit Deal is “a Betrayal,” Advocates Say

Right-Wing House Majority Votes to Inflict Crushing Economic Pain on Millions, Showcasing their Contempt for Workers and Families with Student Debt

Public Service Workers Decry Republican Plan to Push Millions of Teachers, Nurses, and First Responders Deeper into Debt as U.S. House Takes Up Congressional Review Act Resolution

First Major Healthcare Company Commits to Stop Using TRAPs to Keep Nurses From Leaving Jobs

Unprecedented Coalition of 260+ Labor, Civil Rights, and Advocacy Organizations Call on Congress to Reject Partisan Scheme to Reverse Student Loan Payment Pause, Block Debt Relief for Student Loan Borrowers

House Majority Proposes a “Permanent Student Debt Crisis,” Driving Borrowers Far Deeper Into Debt and Stripping Relief from Tens of Millions of Workers and Families

“Unconscionable” Debt-for-Training Scheme Funnels Low-Wage Tech Workers to Fortune 500 Companies; Groundbreaking Class-Action Lawsuit Seeks to Void Predatory Training Repayment Agreement Provisions

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