The contractors refused to do any work before they received a payment in advance.
After the Iraq war, some contractors refused assignments to dangerous parts of the country.
It was destroyed after the contractor refused to pay protection money to the group.
Needless to say, the contractors refuse to work on the cheap.
There are times, however, when a contractor refuses to pay or has gone out of business.
According to histories of the school, contractors refused to work on the building, fearing contagion.
Many contractors refuse to work in the city at all.
Private contractors refused to work because the city still owed them money from earlier storms.
If your general contractor refuses to sign something, then pick up the phone and call someone else.
As I write this article eight years later, the contractor has just refused to bargain with the janitors' union.