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With a lockout widely expected to start Dec. 1 and no guarantee of an agreement in time to preserve the 2027 season, take MLB’s schedule announcement Thursday with a grain of salt.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026

All this is happening with uncertainty about a possible MLB lockout when the current collective bargaining agreement runs out and not knowing what changes might happen to the draft.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 8, 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

PHOENIX—There are only two words any NFL fan needs to hear to remember the perils of a referee lockout: Fail Mary.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 31, 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

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