Gentlemen's agreement

Modern borders are usually not a space that is reinforced by those on either side. More times than not, the stronger faction is the one who is fortifying and continuing to increase their authority over these borders. This is evident both in physical and societal borders that are encountered everyday. In the world of borders, when the stronger side becomes evident, they have essentially free reign to control this space. Control like this are projected in different situations such as national…

platform. Fuster expected the new system would be implemented locally by Abbey personnel, working closely with Santander IT staff (who were fluent in English). Conversations with Abbey managers and trade union representatives had gone well, with agreement reached on early retirements and changing sales staff salaries from 100% fixed to an 80:20 fixed/variable salary ratio according to sales objectives. Fuster added: We also needed to develop a communication plan to clearly explain…