Consumer Rights
Right to Safety
Right to Be Informed
Examples: 1. Make sure workers know how to use a phone. 2. Remind workers what the safety rules are there.
Right to Be Heard
Examples: 1. If people at work are getting underpaid, they need to speak up. 2. If your getting bullied during your job you need to speak up.
Right to Satasfaction of Basic Needs
Examples: 1. If you are poor, you can go to the local food bank. 2. If you don't have shelter, maybe because of a storm, go to the Red Cross.
Right to Redress
Examples: 1. If you buy a sweater and it shrinks in the wash, you should get a refund. 2. If you buy a pack of gum, which when you open it, it has no gum, you should get a refund.
Right to Consumer Education
Examples: 1. People need to know not to take bad drugs. 2. People need to know not to steal things.
Right to Choose
Examples: 1. If there is a food product that tastes better than another company's version, you should be able to buy which one you want. 2. If there is a brand of clothing people like over another brand, they need to have a choice on which one to get.
Right to a Healthy Enviroment
Examples: 1. People should not litter. 2. Vehicles need to produce less pollution.