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Consumers' Union

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Consumers' Union, product testing and rating organization founded (1936) to provide consumers with information and counsel regarding major retail goods and services. Through its monthly Consumer Reports (circulation c.4.5 million) and its Internet site (c.325,000 subscribers), the union reports on a diverse range of products, from major appliances and automobiles to health-care and family-planning aids. The organization, whose headquarters are in Yonkers, N.Y., also represents consumer interests at government hearings and at international meetings.


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The Consumers' Union and Quality of Life held a bread and milk boycott last Saturday to highlight the problem of high prices of basic items in the market.
At a protest near Chinese Consulate-General in Istanbul, Turkish Consumers' Union called on Turkish people and Turkic-speaking countries to boycott Chinese products.
Norma Garcia, senior attorney for Consumers' Union in San Francisco, said insurers have no proof that people with low credit scores get in more accidents.
 
 
 
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