Define strike and lockout. How is strike different from lockout? Explain.
Or What are the differences between strike and lockout? Discuss.
Ans. Strike: Strike can be defined as under: (1) Cessation of work by a body of persons employed in any industry acting in combination; (2) A concerted refusal of any number of persons who are or have been employed in any industry to continue to work or to accept employment; and (3) A refusal under a common understanding of any number of persons who are or have been employed in an industry to work or to accept employment. Lockout: "Lockout" means the closing of a place of employment or the suspension of the work or the refusal by an employer to continue to employ any number of persons employed by him. • Lockout is the action of keeping the labour away from the work by an employer with the view to resist their claim. There are four, ingredients of lockout, which are as follows: (1) It will include: (i) Temporary closing of any place of employment by the employer; (ii) Suspension of work by the employer; and (iii) Refusal by an employer to continue to employ any number of persons employed by him.
(2) The above mentioned acts of employer should be motivated by coercion. (3) It should be an industry as defined in the Act. (4) A dispute in such industry.
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