noun
- situations in which employers prevent workers from entering their workplace during a labor dispute
- instances of being locked out of a building, room, or system
Usage: labor relations
Examples
- The factory workers faced lockouts after contract negotiations failed.
- Management imposed lockouts to pressure the union into accepting lower wages.
- Several lockouts occurred in the steel industry last year.
- She experienced multiple lockouts from her computer account due to forgotten passwords.
- The apartment lockouts happened when tenants lost their keys.
- Security lockouts prevented unauthorized access to the building.
- The company’s lockouts lasted for three weeks before reaching an agreement.