Tens of thousands of U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) workers will be forced to work under a ”collective agreement” (CBA) imposed on them by the Trump administration. While the department calls it an agreement, it is not, it is rather a unilateral contract. In a letter from USDA Commissioner General Stephen Vaden, the department says the union does not want to agree on a succession contract, so it has no choice...

Individual contract agreement holders are an important resource for UNOPS and its partners. There are three types of ICAs, depending on functionality and workplace: International ICA, Local ICA Specialist and Local ICA Support. Depending on organizational needs, resource availability and the person`s satisfactory performance, ICAs have the opportunity to work for a short period of time (1 hour to 3 months) or, in the longer term,...

The unanimous adjective comes from the Latin word unanimus, which means ”a spirit.” So if people think unanimously, they all have the same idea in mind. A vote is unanimous, if all voters agree. Marcus Cicero said, ”The power is great, the authority of a Senate that is unanimous in its opinions.” If a group or decision is unanimously adopted, it means that everyone fully agrees. Imagine letting the students...

”A White House ceremony cannot hide the stark truth about China`s ”Phase 1″ trade agreement: the agreement does absolutely nothing to reduce China`s subsidies to its manufacturers,” Scott Paul, president of the Alliance for American Manufacturing, which includes manufacturers and the United Steelworkers union, said in a tweet. All these ”forgotten men and women” in American factories have once...

A ceasefire is generally more limited than a broader ceasefire, which is a formal agreement to end the fighting. Ceasefires can be misused by the parties for rearmament or re-establishment of troops[1][6] and they generally fail when they are referred to as ”failed ceasefires”; [7] However, successful ceasefires can be followed by armistice and then peace agreements. Do I recognize the right of the people you have come...