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Lockout

The opposite of a strike; a labor disruption where management refuses to allow workers into a plant to work even if they are willing.

📖 Definitions of "Lockout"

noun

1
The opposite of a strike; a labor disruption where management refuses to allow workers into a plant to work even if they are willing.
2
The action of installing a lock to keep someone out of an area, such as eviction of a tenant by changing the lock.
3
(by extension) The exclusion of others from a certain place or situation.
"It's another front-row lockout for Mercedes on the starting grid of the Japanese Grand Prix."
4
A situation where the system is not responding to input.

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