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Strikes and Lockouts
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Authors/contributors
- Hébert, Gérard (Author)
- Tattrie, Jon (Author)
Title
Strikes and Lockouts
Abstract
A strike is the withholding of labour by workers in order to obtain better wages or working conditions. A lockout is the opposite, being the temporary shutdown of a business by an employer to compel employees to accept certain conditions. Both have been important in establishing the working conditions of Canadians over the last two centuries....
Encyclopedia Title
The Canadian Encyclopedia (TCE)
Place
Toronto
Publisher
Historica Canada
Date
2009
Accessed
10/2/23, 9:45 PM
Language
English
Citation
Hébert, G., & Tattrie, J. (2009). Strikes and Lockouts. In The Canadian Encyclopedia (TCE). Historica Canada. https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/strikes-and-lockouts
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