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stop-work
noun
- a temporary cessation of work as a form of protest
Example Sentences
After Rubio first issued sweeping stop-work orders to aid organizations and contractors around the world in late January, workers from the site were told to stay home for weeks.
On Feb. 18, as part of its chaotic and destabilizing efforts to defund the federal government, the Trump administration suddenly issued an unlawful stop-work order requiring that organizations that provide legal services to unaccompanied immigrant children cease their operations indefinitely.
Trump ordered the 90-day pause on foreign aid on his first day back in office, after which stop-work orders began to be issued to organisations funded by USAID.
But after the stop-work order, all Rom-supported health workers were laid off.
The New York Times reported that the Trump administration’s stop-work order to all USAID-funded organizations leaves thousands of people “with experimental drugs and devices in their bodies with no access to monitoring or care.”
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