When is a firm most likely to vote for a lockout?

A firm is most likely to vote for a lockout when a management team intimated the denial of employment during a dispute of labor. A lockout is defined as the exclusion of employees by their employer from there place of work until the agree on new terms and conditions. If the employee does not agree, a firm may vote for a lockout of that employee until they do.

Lockout happens when the management initiated the denial of employment during a labor dispute. This is the firm’s attempt to enforce terms of employment upon the group of employees. This is used by the company as a threat to force the unionized workers to accept the firm’s conditions such as lowering their wages.