employer lockout
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An employer lockout is a work stoppage initiated by management rather than workers—the employer's counterpart to a strike.
During a lockout, the company prevents employees from working, typically to pressure a union during contract negotiations: The factory lockout lasted three weeks before the union agreed to new terms.
Often shortened to simply lockout.
- labor lawRules governing work conditions
- labor disputeWorker-employer disagreement
- wage lossDecrease in earnings
- bossWorkplace superior
- industrial actionCollective employee pressure tactic
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employer lockoutstrike
Forceful impact or stoppage
walkout · labor strike · wildcat strike · sit-down strike · general strike
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