Sentence examples for lockout in a from inspiring English sources

Players from the Edmonton Oilers and the Calgary Flames also challenged the lockout in a motion before the Alberta Labor Relations Board.

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Fortunately for hockey fans like me, the NHL started its season after a four-month lockout, in a dispute between the players and owners that many fans characterized as "millionaires versus billionaires".

The move, which surprisingly left Mychel Thompson on the roster, was attributed to a freezer burn that Harris suffered on his foot during the 2011 NBA lockout in a cooling chamber designed to augment recuperation from injuries at the Nike facility in Oregon.

The league and the union have employed Twitter, Facebook and Web sites devoted to the possible lockout in an effort to win the hearts and minds of the fans.

The Hofstra Labor and Employment Law Journals Grant M. Hayden described the NBA's action as an "offensive lockout", in which an employer attempts to force its workers into a settlement that does not favor them.

It was the first time the Democrats had achieved such a lockout in more than a century.

"Having been through that myself, I wouldn't wish that on anyone," said Fehr, who was the baseball union leader for a lockout in 1990 and a strike in 1994-95.

With three hours before the collective bargaining agreement expired, and with the threat of a lockout in the absence of a new one, Major League Baseball players and owners agreed Wednesday night to a new five-year deal.

The last disruption was triggered by a management lockout in the fall of 2002, resulting in a 10-day shutdown that ended when then-President Bush invoked the emergency provisions of the Taft-Hartley Act.

"In that situation,  the board and musicians came together and bargained throughout a long lockout in order to reach a resolution that the community can afford.