lockoutnoun [ C or U ]
uk/ˈlɒk.aʊt/us/ˈlɑːk.aʊt/usually disapprovingan occasion when an employer prevents workers from entering their place of work until they agree to particular conditions:
The General Strike in 1926 was caused by the lockout of coal miners.
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Industrial action
- abstain
- blackleg
- cooling-off period
- demarcation dispute
- direct action
- job action
- lightning strike
- lock
- lock sb out
- pay claim
- picket
- picket line
- strike
- strike pay
- strikebreaker
- sympathy
- walk
- walk out
- walkout
- wildcat strike
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