THE WORKING CLASS Lessons of Hindustan Lever Lock-Out Radha Iyer The year-long lock-out at Hindustan Lever's Bombay factory, which was lifted last month, poses a crucial question for trade unions: can unions contain or reorient the development of larger economic forces in society? If not, then what policies ought unions to adopt during major phases of industrial transformation such as the present one? Is surviving to fight another day the only available option?