lockout

How To Use lockout In A Sentence

• Management claimed the lockout was a temporary measure and that the plant would be reopened on May 9.
• Although prior to the lockout Westshore had an estimated 1 million ton stockpile of coal available to load, unionized longshore workers refused to cross the railway pickets and those who were working walked out.
• A strike by Norwegian offshore oil rig workers entered its second month this week, with employers threatening a lockout.
• Union leaders said they expected the lockout and blamed the employers for inflaming already tense negotiations.
• Employers have carried out a series of previous lockouts, mainly barring construction workers entering work sites for weekend overtime.
• But maybe the residual effect of the lockout stirred up some emotions.
• If there's no settlement and no lockout--perhaps by virtue of the players decertifying the union and filing an antitrust lawsuit against the owners--the issue presumably will be addressed in whatever system is put in place. Colts place franchise player tag on Peyton Manning
• Alberta's Public Service Employee Relations Act prohibits strikes and lockouts of workers in public services, including nurses.
• The company responded with a lockout and threats it would relocate production to Thailand.
• Undervoltage Lockout Adjust: With this pin left open, the UVLO threshold is internally set to 1.45V.