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Lockouts represented under 4 percent of all work stoppages in 1990 but gradually grew to more than 10 percent by 2015, while labor strikes have experienced declines.

From Salon • Jan. 5, 2019

Lockouts are now a habit with the N.H.L., and this one will continue into 2013, even though the players have made most of the concessions and Bettman is excoriated by figures as diverse as Gov.

From New York Times • Dec. 30, 2012

"Lockouts were once so rare they were almost unheard of," Gary Chaison, a professor of industrial relations at Clark University, told the New York Times earlier this year.

From Slate • Sep. 5, 2012

Lockouts are rare in Australia and the country “may have crossed the Rubicon” following the Qantas dispute, said Allan Drake-Brockman, an industrial-relations lawyer at DLA Piper in Perth.

From BusinessWeek • Nov. 10, 2011

Lockouts Copying the example of the NFL, NBA owners are locking out players because an anti-greed agreement could not be reached between them.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 10, 2011