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n

An employerÂ’s refusal to allow employees to work, in retaliation for union activity or a labor dispute.

Webster's New World Law Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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