Check out the placard in this screen capture.
Another example of AUPE Newspeak. This statement is just plain false.
They weren't locked out because they asked for benefits. That was one of the things they went on strike for (though they had rejected a benefits package a couple of years ago as being too expensive; the choice was between a lower wage with benefits, or a higher wage and no benefits. They chose the money).
They were locked out because, on seeing their behaviour on the picket line, all trust and confidence in them was destroyed, and the user members no longer felt they would be safe with these "care" workers in their home.
They weren't locked out because they asked for benefits.
They were locked out for the protection of user members.
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