lockout
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The legal tactic, known as a disclaimer of interest, would allow players to argue that the lockout is an illegal group boycott.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 11, 2026
The players could respond to the lockout by deploying a complex, largely unsettled legal maneuver with potentially significant ramifications.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 11, 2026
But executives and agents alike have expressed skepticism that the expected lockout will inspire the same kind of spending flurry that arose in 2021, the end of the last CBA cycle.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 11, 2026
GM meetings are generally the precursor to the more widely-attended winter meetings in December, but this year’s winter meetings are expected to be canceled in the face of a lockout.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 10, 2026
At first I think the itchy pink bumps on my arms and legs must be poison ivy picked up at a lockout.
From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich
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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
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
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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