The numbers were skewed somewhat by the temporary lockout of about 8,000 unionized employees of Consolidated Edison, the utility company.
Mike Emrick's vacation, otherwise known as the 113-day N.H.L. lockout, is about to end.
[C5.] Labor Dispute Disrupts Canadian Broadcaster A contract dispute has led to the lockout of about 5,300 employees of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and a disruption of programming.
The incident that probably triggered the lockout occurred about a year ago, when the Minnesota Timberwolves extended the contract of a gifted young player named Kevin Garnett, paying him a hundred and twenty-six million dollars over seven years.
That confrontation and the lockout were about power, money, respect and nuanced references to the ever-present hum of racism that pervades every nook and cranny of American life.
This follows Kobe Bryant's sniping at his own front office, which even Magic Johnson thinks was a good idea, and the Mavericks owner Mark Cuban holding court before the game to proclaim the lockout was about every team being able to make a profit.
The 149-day lockout was mostly about money and partly about competitive balance, but with a subtext of control.
This is what they had to say about lockout laws, the environment, public transport, and the housing market.
VICE headed down to Newtown to talk about lockout laws, intolerance, and how the two seem to be violently converging.
But with the drastically limited practice schedules brought about by the lockout, teams with the biggest playbooks may rule the day in 2011.
