"A lockout is a total or partial temporary closure of one or more places of employment, or the hindering of the normal work activities of employees, by one or more employers with a view to enforcing or resisting demands or expressing grievances, or supporting other employers in their demands or grievances". OIT, Resolution concerning statistics of strikes, lockouts and other action due to labour disputes, adoptada por la Décimo quinta Conferencia Internacional de Estadísticas Laborales, enero de 1993.
