when a contract mandates mediation, and then that contract has loser-pay provisions in it, that would--could effectively force a soldier to pay 100 percent of their annual income to carry a housing company, a multimillion dollar housing company, to a mediation, that is not acceptable.
John Garamendi: “when a contract mandates mediation, and then that contract has loser-pay provisions in it, that would--could effectively…”
On the recordApril 3, 2019
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Garamendi criticizes unfair mediation costs imposed on soldiers by housing contracts.
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