lockout
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With the current Collective Bargaining Agreement set to expire about a month after the World Series, owners are all but certain to initiate a lockout that could threaten the 2027 season.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
Should competing platforms adopt equivalent commitments, the overnight lockout would widen to 10 pm to 7 am and the daily allowance would fall to 60 minutes per app, capped at two hours in total.
From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026
Permission to stay can be terminated with appropriate notice, typically 10 days, although you cannot use threats, force, or an unlawful lockout.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 24, 2026
Baseball’s current collective bargaining agreement expires about a month after the World Series, at which point owners are all but certain to initiate a lockout that could threaten the 2027 season.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 1, 2026
When the two months ended and I was finally given the option to disable the fitness lockout, I decided to keep it in place.
From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline
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Major leaguers and fans have weathered five player strikes and four owner lockouts since 1972.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 25, 2026
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
According to Thursday’s report, accommodation and food services saw more work stoppages than any other industry last year, accounting for 33.4% of the total strikes and lockouts.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 15, 2024
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
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