The exclusion of employees by their employer from their place of work until certain terms are agreed to.
闭厂（雇主在工人同意某些条件之前不准其返回工作地点的做法）
the union took strike action and management responded with a lockout
Example sentencesExamples
The PSA promised to suspend industrial action if employers discontinued the lockout.
The lockout was in retaliation against industrial bans imposed by employees for a 15 percent pay increase over three years.
Alberta's Public Service Employee Relations Act prohibits strikes and lockouts of workers in public services, including nurses.
Workers believe the lockout is part of management plans to shift the entire operation to Vietnam, where labour costs are lower.
The management imposed the lockout after the workers began industrial action over a new work contract.
The company responded with a lockout and threats it would relocate production to Thailand.
An attempt to introduce individual work contracts was rejected and management implemented a lockout.
Between 1984 and 86, there was a total of 962 disputes, including strikes, stoppages or lockouts under the Labour government.
Union leaders said they expected the lockout and blamed the employers for inflaming already tense negotiations.
Management will also be free on that date to impose new contract terms or institute a lockout.
Consequently, industrial action involving lockouts would entail enormous social and political upheaval.
A whole spate of lockouts followed, as employers dug in their heels and either dragged out negotiations or terminated them.
Management offered to lift the lockout if employees accept a proposal allowing the company to cut jobs and working conditions.
Management claimed the lockout was a temporary measure and that the plant would be reopened on May 9.
The strikers returned to work on November 8 after three days on the picket line when managers threatened a lockout.
A strike by Norwegian offshore oil rig workers entered its second month this week, with employers threatening a lockout.
Between 1998 and 2001, lockouts accounted for 57 percent of all industrial disputes.
The company claims the wage rise is totally unacceptable and has refused to lift the lockout until the union ends all industrial action.
One measure of this offensive is the ratio of person workdays lost to lockouts - that is work stoppages initiated by employers - as compared with strikes.
Employers have carried out a series of previous lockouts, mainly barring construction workers entering work sites for weekend overtime.
Rhymes
knockout
Definition of lockout in US English:
lockout
nounˈlɑkˌaʊtˈläkˌout
The exclusion of employees by their employer from their place of work until certain terms are agreed to.
闭厂（雇主在工人同意某些条件之前不准其返回工作地点的做法）
the union took strike action and management responded with a lockout
Example sentencesExamples
The company claims the wage rise is totally unacceptable and has refused to lift the lockout until the union ends all industrial action.
Alberta's Public Service Employee Relations Act prohibits strikes and lockouts of workers in public services, including nurses.
One measure of this offensive is the ratio of person workdays lost to lockouts - that is work stoppages initiated by employers - as compared with strikes.
Between 1984 and 86, there was a total of 962 disputes, including strikes, stoppages or lockouts under the Labour government.
Union leaders said they expected the lockout and blamed the employers for inflaming already tense negotiations.
Between 1998 and 2001, lockouts accounted for 57 percent of all industrial disputes.
Workers believe the lockout is part of management plans to shift the entire operation to Vietnam, where labour costs are lower.
Employers have carried out a series of previous lockouts, mainly barring construction workers entering work sites for weekend overtime.
The management imposed the lockout after the workers began industrial action over a new work contract.
A whole spate of lockouts followed, as employers dug in their heels and either dragged out negotiations or terminated them.
Management will also be free on that date to impose new contract terms or institute a lockout.
The strikers returned to work on November 8 after three days on the picket line when managers threatened a lockout.
The lockout was in retaliation against industrial bans imposed by employees for a 15 percent pay increase over three years.
The company responded with a lockout and threats it would relocate production to Thailand.
The PSA promised to suspend industrial action if employers discontinued the lockout.
Management claimed the lockout was a temporary measure and that the plant would be reopened on May 9.
Consequently, industrial action involving lockouts would entail enormous social and political upheaval.
A strike by Norwegian offshore oil rig workers entered its second month this week, with employers threatening a lockout.
An attempt to introduce individual work contracts was rejected and management implemented a lockout.
Management offered to lift the lockout if employees accept a proposal allowing the company to cut jobs and working conditions.