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stop-work

noun

  1. a temporary cessation of work as a form of protest
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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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.

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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.

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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.

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But after the stop-work order, all Rom-supported health workers were laid off.

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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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