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UK
/lˈɒkaʊt/
]
[ US /ˈɫɑˌkaʊt/ ]
[ US /ˈɫɑˌkaʊt/ ]
NOUN
- a management action resisting employee's demands; employees are barred from entering the workplace until they agree to terms
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.
- Employers have carried out a series of previous lockouts, mainly barring construction workers entering work sites for weekend overtime.
- A strike by Norwegian offshore oil rig workers entered its second month this week, with employers threatening a lockout.
- 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.
- Separately, closed hearings are taking place this week in New York on a legal action the NFL Players Association filed in June, claiming the league undersold its broadcast and satellite television rights during the past two years in exchange for a guarantee that the networks would continue to pay the league even if the lockout causes the NFL to cancel games next season. NFL, ESPN Push Toward Monday Night Pact
- Between 1984 and 86, there was a total of 962 disputes, including strikes, stoppages or lockouts under the Labour government.