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Originally Posted by Enoch Root
Words evolve. The fact that dictionary.com describes it as "a collective stoppage of work by employees" is simply a reflection that most of the time work stoppages are triggered by employees.
If you are incapable of comprehending that the phrase can be applied in reverse, that is your problem.
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Well, to be fair, it's not so much "dictionary.com" as "the provincial/federal courts and regulatory bodies of Canada"
Work stoppage has a precise meaning in common law that does not mean owner initiated lockout.