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Forms of Disputes 
 
Industrial Disputes may take the form of strikes, go-slow tactics, 
token strikes, sympathetic strikes, pen-down strikes, hunger strikes, 
bandhs, gheraos and lockouts. 
A strike is a stoppage of work initiated or supported by a trade 
union, when a group of employees act together as a last resort to bring 
pressure to bear on an employer to resolve a grievance or constrain him 

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to accept such terms and conditions of service as the employees want to 
enjoy. 
If, however, an employer closes down his factory or place where 
his workers are employed. Or if he refuses to continue in his employment 
of a person or persons because he wants to force them to agree to his 
terms and conditions of service during the pendency of a dispute, the 
resulting situation is a lockout.