| Consequently, industrial action involving lockouts would entail enormous social and political upheaval. |
| Between 1998 and 2001, lockouts accounted for 57 percent of all industrial disputes. |
| Between 1984 and 86, there was a total of 962 disputes, including strikes, stoppages or lockouts under the Labour government. |
| Alberta's Public Service Employee Relations Act prohibits strikes and lockouts of workers in public services, including nurses. |
| A whole spate of lockouts followed, as employers dug in their heels and either dragged out negotiations or terminated them. |
| And I have not even counted days lost due to strikes, hartals, bandhs, lockouts and the like. |
