Ending Forced Arbitration of SA and SH Act Support Letter

We, the undersigned groups, support passage of H.R. 4445, the Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act of 2021. This bipartisan bill would empower survivors of sexual assault and sexual harassment by allowing survivors of sexual harassment and sexual assault to file a case in court rather than be forced into arbitration. Survivors of sexual assault and sexual harassment would be able to hold perpetrators and institutions accountable outside of closed-door arbitration proceedings and shine light on systemic issues of wrongdoing. According to actor Eliza Dushku, one of several witnesses who testified under the protection of congressional subpoenas, at a powerful hearing last November on H.R. 4445, forced arbitration “protects the harassers, the abusers, the corporations, and it isolates the victims…[it] creates a culture of silencing.