The N.F.L. players have been locked out for more than 100 days, and N.B.A. players may not be far behind.
The oil companies want desperately to regain access to the gulf's reserves, but they have been locked out for decades.
The players of the orchestra, unable to agree with management on a new contract since the old one expired on Oct. 1, 2012, have been locked out for a year.
Well, that bank is in need of a bailout, as is the smaller one across the Mississippi: the musicians of both the Minnesota Orchestra and the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra have been locked out for most of the autumn.
But the auction house's continuing contract dispute with its unionized art handlers – who have been locked out for three months and have been staging increasingly publicized demonstrations – recently prompted it to institute much stricter security measures surrounding the fall sale.
Coming at a point when the players have been locked out for four months, negotiations are at a standstill, and a substantial part of the season has already been cancelled, the remarks added to a simmering debate.
