Lockout

n.

1.

The closing of a factory or workshop by an employer, usually in order to bring the workmen to satisfactory terms by a suspension of wages.

Noun

1.

lockout - a management action resisting employee's demands; employees are barred from entering the workplace until they agree to terms

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