lockout
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Is baseball headed for a lockout this winter?
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 2, 2026
No such agreement between the sides was reached during the 2012 offseason, leading to a lockout that lasted 110 days.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 8, 2026
The NFL is facing a potential lockout with its game officials over money and officiating quality measures, with the current agreement expiring May 31.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 31, 2026
But 14 years later, the league is barreling toward another potential lockout with its game officials.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 31, 2026
In retaliation, Mr. Carter instituted a lockout, closing the mine to everybody.
From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam
Sami Pajari finished 46sec behind to complete the podium and make Toyota the first manufacturer since Citroen in 2010 to claim back-to-back podium lockouts in the WRC.
From Barron's ● Feb. 15, 2026
And the amount of strikes and lockouts with a first contract demand more than doubled compared to 2022, the Labor Action Tracker found.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 15, 2024
He holds a heavy hammer and has used it to impose three lockouts, taking the drastic step of canceling the 2004-05 season to get a hard salary cap.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2023
The Cornell School of Industrial and Labor Relations Labor Action Tracker logged 424 work stoppages - which includes 417 strikes and seven lockouts - involving approximately 224,000 workers in 2022.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 28, 2023
In the month of May alone, unions across the nation battled with employers in 413 strikes and lockouts.
From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield
