Ian Carroll
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We're talking hundreds of other people in arbitration just with Unleashed Brands, let alone with other private equity and other corporations around the world. The big picture problem with this whole story
is not just that private equity is buying up and taking advantage of small businesses, not just that private equity is applying the private equity playbook to these businesses that are focused on kids, mind you, but that those practices that private equity uses are inherently counter to safety. Tiffany gave this quote to the New York Times.
is not just that private equity is buying up and taking advantage of small businesses, not just that private equity is applying the private equity playbook to these businesses that are focused on kids, mind you, but that those practices that private equity uses are inherently counter to safety. Tiffany gave this quote to the New York Times.
is not just that private equity is buying up and taking advantage of small businesses, not just that private equity is applying the private equity playbook to these businesses that are focused on kids, mind you, but that those practices that private equity uses are inherently counter to safety. Tiffany gave this quote to the New York Times.
That might be okay when you're cleaning a dryer vent, but it's not when you're throwing around a four-month-old and you need them to be safe. Ms. Sianci said, he was moving faster than we would need to get to know the business, referring to the changes happening at the little gym. And the key word there is safe.
That might be okay when you're cleaning a dryer vent, but it's not when you're throwing around a four-month-old and you need them to be safe. Ms. Sianci said, he was moving faster than we would need to get to know the business, referring to the changes happening at the little gym. And the key word there is safe.
That might be okay when you're cleaning a dryer vent, but it's not when you're throwing around a four-month-old and you need them to be safe. Ms. Sianci said, he was moving faster than we would need to get to know the business, referring to the changes happening at the little gym. And the key word there is safe.
And as the clip that we opened this segment shows, safety is obviously not the first thing on the mind of Unleashed Brands and of Urban Air. But that is just one video and there are many other videos from Urban Air.
And as the clip that we opened this segment shows, safety is obviously not the first thing on the mind of Unleashed Brands and of Urban Air. But that is just one video and there are many other videos from Urban Air.
And as the clip that we opened this segment shows, safety is obviously not the first thing on the mind of Unleashed Brands and of Urban Air. But that is just one video and there are many other videos from Urban Air.
Again, we are going to blur out the most sensitive parts of these videos, but we just wanted to get you a sense of what you can find just on YouTube if you go searching for this type of stuff.
Again, we are going to blur out the most sensitive parts of these videos, but we just wanted to get you a sense of what you can find just on YouTube if you go searching for this type of stuff.
Again, we are going to blur out the most sensitive parts of these videos, but we just wanted to get you a sense of what you can find just on YouTube if you go searching for this type of stuff.
So there's examples of kids falling, but there's also examples of adults and parents getting hurt. In the next video, a mom almost died in front of her own daughter at their birthday party.
So there's examples of kids falling, but there's also examples of adults and parents getting hurt. In the next video, a mom almost died in front of her own daughter at their birthday party.
So there's examples of kids falling, but there's also examples of adults and parents getting hurt. In the next video, a mom almost died in front of her own daughter at their birthday party.
so when things like this happen the park gets sued which is owned by a small business owner but they're just trying to comply with corporate corporate unleashed brands pushes all responsibility down onto the park and anything else that they can't wash away gets filed away into secret arbitration and you agree to secret arbitration when you sign your kid in at the park when you sign those waivers because if you didn't know
so when things like this happen the park gets sued which is owned by a small business owner but they're just trying to comply with corporate corporate unleashed brands pushes all responsibility down onto the park and anything else that they can't wash away gets filed away into secret arbitration and you agree to secret arbitration when you sign your kid in at the park when you sign those waivers because if you didn't know
so when things like this happen the park gets sued which is owned by a small business owner but they're just trying to comply with corporate corporate unleashed brands pushes all responsibility down onto the park and anything else that they can't wash away gets filed away into secret arbitration and you agree to secret arbitration when you sign your kid in at the park when you sign those waivers because if you didn't know
Almost every waiver you sign these days, whether you're going to the rock climbing gym or you're signing up for some swimming lesson or you're just buying a washing machine, almost all of those waivers include what's called an arbitration agreement. And that is where you agree to waive your rights to court