LOCKOUT

Lockout

A lockout is a temporary work stoppage or denial of employment initiated by the management of a company during a labor dispute. This is different from a strike, in which employees refuse to work. It is usually implemented by simply refusing to admit employees onto company premises, and may include actions such as changing locks and hiring security guards for the premises. Other implementations include a fine for showing up, or a simple refusal of clocking-in on the time clock. It is therefore referred to as the antithesis of strike.

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lock out

Noun

  1. An event in which an employer bars employees from working as a tactic in negotiating terms of employment, particularly in response to a strike or threat to strike.

Verb

  1. To prevent from entering a place, particularly oneself, inadvertently.
    I've locked myself out of my room again
  2. To prevent from accessing a data structure.
    The synchronize keyword locks out all other threads trying to access the object


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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. A situation where the system is not responding to input.


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