lockout

3 definitions • 2 examples

an 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.

an action taken by an employer to stop workers from going into their place of work until they agree to particular conditions given by the employer

an occasion when an employer stops workers from entering the place they work in because of a disagreement about working conditions, pay, etc.:

A contract agreement would end the company's lockout of nearly 500 union garbage haulers.