Consumers ' councils would act as decision-making bodies for consumption planning, and producers ' councils-which are agglomerations of several workers ' councils-act as decision-making bodies for production planning.

Opposition to the nomination came from the Organic Consumers Association, which outlined in a November 2008 report several reasons why it believed Vilsack would be a poor choice for the position, particularly as energy and environmental reforms were a key point of the Obama campaign.

The Digital Media Consumers ' Rights Act ( DMCRA ) is a proposed law in the United States that directly challenges portions of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, and would intensify Federal Trade Commission efforts to mandate proper labeling for copy-protected CDs to ensure consumer protection from deceptive labeling practices.

Consumers would not have an alternative to purchase electricity from a cheaper competitor, because the wires running into their homes belong to the monopolist.

Consumers often find these markups unreasonably excessive, especially because there are many instances where no alternative purchase method is offered that would allow avoidance of the fees.

Consumers would prefer that the firm and its competitors produce less of the product and charge a higher price, to internalize the external cost.

The eastward extension would include new stations at Consumers Road, Victoria Park Avenue, Warden Avenue, Kennedy Road, Agincourt GO Station, and Progress Avenue, terminating at the existing Scarborough Centre Station on the Scarborough RT line.

# Consumers / the man-on-the-street-ultimately aim also to involve these groups in these same ethical issues ( and ultimately potentially the whole range of democratic issues ) through e-democratic-type participation ( here the level of detail needed to explain how such an e-democratic system would function is not provided-a relatively high level of detail is needed before it appears sufficiently tangible ).

The organization proposed would also engage promote boycotts, educational campaigns, and have alliances with other organizations, which were activities Consumers Research avoided.

In 1936 he left as director of Consumers Research after its head F. J. Schlink fired three striking employees who had tried to form a union, and joined with Amherst College professor Colston Warne ( who would chair the CU board from 1936 to 1979 ) to found Consumers Union and Consumer Reports.

Petkantchin argues that “ benefits to consumers of this partial privatization, had it gone ahead, would have been very limited .” Consumers would have remained “ captive, with no real alternative ” ( p. 10 ).

Consumers would still not know how much of the price is due to carbon emissions, but they could make their decisions confident that they are paying for the social cost of their carbon footprint.

The founding of IOCU was initially planned by Elizabeth Schadee, who would later chair the board of Holland's Consumentenbond, and Caspar Brook, who was the first director of the England's Consumers ' Association.

Belgium's Association des Consommateurs and the Australian Consumers ' Association joined the three conference sponsors as the five founding organizations who would provide representatives for the international organization's initial council.

Consumers making use of the " buy term and invest the difference " concept separate their investments from their insurance by setting aside money every month equal to the premium that a permanent plan would require, then use a portion of this money for the term premium and place the rest in a tax-deferred investment vehicle.

Consumers would be able to call and order all of their energy from Enron in one bill.

Consumers of electricity will also pay lower prices if generation capacity that would have been used is from a higher-cost source of power generation.

Consumers who have been sold on the benefits of instant results may hesitate giving the required commitment of twenty to forty private lessons.

Consumers have become more aware of the environmental impact of their purchases and companies ’ SECH ratings and, along with non-governmental organizations ( NGOs ), are setting the agenda for transitions to organically-grown foods, anti-sweatshop labor codes and locally-produced goods that support independent and small businesses.

Consumers wanting jeans that appear worn can buy jeans that have been specially treated.

Consumers may employ the strategy of constant information, they may have a change in attitude, or they may engage in trivialization.

Consumers have access to a huge inventory of farmers and their products, without having to be locked into buying whatever a CSA provides.

* Consumers have heterogeneous demands and such demands for different parts of the bundle product are inversely correlated.

* Consumers and innovators have the right to know basic information about broadband service, like how network providers are managing their networks.

* Consumers have the right to send and receive lawful Internet traffic of their choice.

Consumers have organized their own CSA projects and have gone as far as leasing land and hiring farmers.

Consumers and food manufacturers have become interested in flavonoids for their possible medicinal properties, especially their putative role in inhibiting cancer or cardiovascular disease.

Consumers who choose to opt in will not have their information disclosed for print, online directories, lists, or telemarketing firms.

Consumers have a broad choice whether they receive a general feed of the most " important " information of the day or a highly customized presentation of a single type of content.

Consumers have the option of repairing their vehicles themselves ( known as the do-it-yourself segment ) or can take the vehicle to a professional repair facility ( known as the do-it-for me segment ).

Consumers concerned about overfishing and its consequences are increasingly able to choose seafood products that have been independently assessed against the MSC's environmental standard.

Consumers have to consider where their health and nutrition information is coming from.

Consumers have expressed concerns about the privacy and environmental implications of direct marketing.

Despite claims from Tesco that they have matched prices in the Republic of Ireland with prices in Northern Ireland, a November 2009 survey by Consumers Choice magazine has claimed that, on average, prices are still 18 % more expensive in the Republic

Consumers generally have additional protections in individual states.

Consumers looking for local representation should contact the National Association of Consumer Advocates as they have a database of lawyers across the US who specialize in consumer and low income issues.

These include, or have included, the American Civil Liberties Union, the Australian Privacy Foundation, the Electronic Privacy Information Center ( US ), Statewatch ( UK ), the Electronic Frontier Foundation ( US ), the European Digital Rights Initiative, Consumers International, the Foundation for Information Policy Research ( UK ), Liberty ( UK ), the Hungarian Civil Liberties Union, the Moscow Human Rights Network, Amnesty International, Privacy Ukraine, Quintessenz ( Austria ), Human Rights Watch, Bits of Freedom ( Netherlands ), freedominfo. org, Index on Censorship, the Association for Progressive Communications, the Global Internet Liberty Campaign, Charter 88 ( UK ), the Philippine Alliance of Human Rights Advocates and the Thai Civil Liberties Union.

Consumers have ranked the Craftsman brand second ( surpassed only by Waterford Crystal ) in terms of quality.

Consumers who have signed contracts with an electricity retailer will pay the price set out in their contract.

The oldest of the small private companies was the Alliance and Dublin Consumers ' Gas Company, which had been founded in the early nineteenth century by Daniel O ' Connell, a prominent Irish politician and Lord Mayor of Dublin.

Consumers and businesses can also print their own postage using a small, specialized printer, such as the Pitney Bowes Stamp Expressions Printer.