It is a convention that members of the cabinet may break with collective responsibility in order to represent their local constituents.
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Governments around the world had no incentives to stop spending and get their collective financial houses in order.
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The players had to decertify as a union for collective bargaining purposes in order to be able to seek relief in the courts under the antitrust laws.
"The last time Britain held a referendum on the EU in 1975, Harold Wilson took the unusual step of suspending collective cabinet responsibility in order to allow his ministers to support either side in the campaign, " he reflects.
Proposing to revise the collective-bargaining agreement in order to shift the pay scale toward veterans and away from rookies is, as far as labor negotiations go, relatively inoffensive.
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But we have to make a series of collective but very difficult decisions to get our fiscal house in order.
In keeping with the strategic concept we agreed to in Lisbon and in order to fulfill our Article Five commitment to our collective security, we agreed to acquire a fleet of remotely piloted aircraft, drones, to strengthen intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance.
Although Mr Barrett was not actually chosen by the unions, the governor argues that the unions want to unseat him in order to frighten off any other politician who dares take on collective bargaining.
It is unusual for the Commissioner to order the disclosure of cabinet minutes, due to the need to protect the convention of collective responsibility.
He is doing this in order to win public support in his battle against the players for a lower salary cap in a new collective bargaining agreement.
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