Not once in history have the police marched into a company boardroom and turned on a firehose at the owners for locking out the workers. They aren't on your side.
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As someone who doesn't know a lot about labour movements, why would the owners lock out the workers?
The same reason the workers strike essentially, because they think they can get a better deal. If the union wants to continue the contract but the owners think they are overpaid, ect.
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Also, because of who owns more wealth, owners fare better during a shutdown than workers who are mostly living check to check. So sometimes they'll preempt a strike with a lockout
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But it generally revolves around withholding pay/compensation then, right? The locking out of the workplace is more symbolic and prevents e.g. workers taking temporary control of the means of production.
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I think a tangible example is companies like
@amazon getting away with massive wage theft from low income workers. https://www.amazon.com/Wage-Theft-America-Millions-Americans/dp/1595587179 … (Pun intended)Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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