According to Dylan Firth, the Wellington regional manager of Hospitality New Zealand, police have been opposing 4am licence renewals unless the bar in question agrees to lockout conditions.
Under the lockout conditions patrons could continue to drink alcohol on the premises until 3 a.m. but no new patrons could be admitted after 1 a.m., thus it is also known as a 'one-way door' policy.
The main question now seems to be how fast they will work, as union officials have said that the cargo backlog following the near ten-day lockout has created congested conditions that might threaten worker safety.
These detentions or disappearances of ceramics workers last year took place against a backdrop of serious labor trouble at the Lozadur plant, including a slowdown by the workers, mostly women, in protest against low wages and poor sanitary conditions and a lockout and firing of 350 workers...
When asked to explain why some customers were complaining of much higher estimated usage during the lockout, Con Ed officials initially blamed the "aberrant weather conditions" in July.
It required an intensive rehabilitation, most of it during the N.F.L. lockout in his native Wisconsin, but he returned in excellent condition and ready to play in the season opener.
He said he supported the heavy conditions suggested by Callinan for any relaxation of the lockout laws, including assessing applications on a case-by-case basis and restricting extensions only to genuine entertainment venues.
But the fact that officials were prepared to return seamlessly on such short notice is largely because of Hochuli, who essentially did during the lockout what the league's office of officiating does under normal conditions.
Within weeks, the lockout was lifted and training camps opened, leaving him in less-than-prime condition when the season started on Dec. 25.
"Football, lockout; hockey, lockout.
