工こう場じょう閉へい鎖さ

noun

factory closure; factory shutdown

General term for closing a factory, whether temporarily or permanently.

• 不ふ況きょうのため、その工こう場じょう閉へい鎖さは避さけられなかった。

  Due to the recession, the factory closure was unavoidable.

noun

lockout

Specifically a lockout during a labor dispute, where management closes the factory to pressure workers.

• 組くみ合あいとの交こう渉しょうが決けつ裂れつし、会かい社しゃは工こう場じょう閉へい鎖さに踏ふみ切きった。

  Negotiations with the union broke down, and the company resorted to a lockout.