lockouts in English
noun
1
the exclusion of employees by their employer from their place of work until certain terms are agreed to.
The company claims the wage rise is totally unacceptable and has refused to lift the lockout until the union ends all industrial action.
2
a device used to ensure that machines remain inoperable while repairs or adjustments are made.
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1. Coalesse is not liable for delays or delivery failure due to strikes, lockouts, labor, or transportation difÒ cul-ties, failure or delay of supply sources, accidents, Ò re, acts of God, or any other cause of like or unlike nature beyond Coalesse’s control