Word: contracting
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...Western powers found the mercenaries' role distasteful, and put pressure first on Strasser and then on the newly elected government of Ahmed Tejan Kabbah to terminate their contract, which they did early in 1997. And that gave the rebels an opening. The RUF had never accepted the election process or its result, and with the mercenaries' withdrawal they went on a brutal rampage across the countryside, systematically chopping off the hands of civilians in gruesome mockery of Kabbah's election slogan, "The future is in your hands...
Other states are not rushing into this legal thicket. UCITA has not been introduced in California or Massachusetts, both high tech centers. Illinois and New Jersey have it on hold. Iowa is even considering "bomb shelter" legislation that would make contract clauses valid under UCITA ineffective against Iowa customers...
...outside firms, and expand programs in job and educational training. Specifically, Harvard employees who work 16 or more hours a week will be eligible for health benefits; previously, such benefits were reserved only for employees who worked at least 20 hours a week. The University will also refuse to contract with firms that do not provide health insurance for their employees. Furthermore, employees will have more access to job training and educational development programs, such as classes in English and basic mathematics. For sure, these policies will have far-reaching effects, making easier the lives of a few hundred workers...
...says union members objected in particular to the salary increase in the contract's first year--just two percent--compared to three percent the second year and four percent the third year...
During the main contract talks, teachers had complained they were not being kept up-to-date on the negotiations...