Andre manages a toy packaging factory. After failed negotiations between Andre and the labor union, the union members strike, partially shutting down the factory. In response, Andre shuts down the factory completely, restricting all his employees from coming to work. This situation best represents a(n)
A) injunction.
B) embargo.
C) boycott.
D) lockout.
E) picket.

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The situation in the given scenario best represents a lockout. Management's version of a strike is the lockout, where the management actually closes a work site so that employees cannot go to work. Lockouts are used, as a general rule, only when a union strike has partially shut down a plant and it seems less expensive for the plant to close completely.

Andre Manages a Toy Packaging Factory