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boycott : to engage in a concerted refusal to have dealings with (as a store, business, or organization) usually to express disapproval or to force acceptance of certain conditions see also primary boycott, secondary boycott NOTE: A boycott of a business by its competitors, suppliers, or buyers that has the effect of preventing the business's access to the market is a violation of the Sherman Antitrust Act. boycott n ...
secondary boycott
secondary boycott : a boycott of an employer with which a union does not have a dispute that is intended to induce the employer to cease doing business with another employer with which the union does have a dispute compare primary boycott NOTE: Secondary boycotts are usually illegal under the National Labor Relations Act. ...
primary boycott
primary boycott : an organized effort of a labor union and its members to discourage consumers from buying the products of a particular employer compare secondary boycott ...
Boycott
Boycott, a cant term meaning to shun, ignore and refuse to have any dealings whatsoever with a person. The word is derived from the name of an estate agent in County Mayo, Captain Boycott, one of the first persons to whom this species of persecution was applied....
group boycott
group boycott : an agreed-upon refusal by competitors to deal with another business unless it refrains from dealing with a potential competitor trying to enter the market ...
Boycott
To combine against a landlord tradesman employer or other person to withhold social or business relations from him and to deter others from holding such relations to subject to a boycott...
Boycottism
Methods of boycotters...
unfair labor practice
unfair labor practice : any of various acts by an employer or labor organization that violate a right or protection under applicable labor laws NOTE: The unfair labor practices that are specified in the National Labor Relations Act are the following: 1) the interference, restraint, or coercion of employees in the exercise of their rights by an employer; 2) domination of a labor organization by an employer; 3) encouragement or discouragement of union membership by discrimination in hiring or conditions of employment by an employer; 4) discrimination against an employee for filing charges of or testifying regarding an unfair labor practice by an employer; 5) refusal of an employer to bargain with the collective bargaining agent; 6) restraint or coercion of employers or employees by a labor organization; 7) coercion of an employer by a labor organization to discriminate against an employee; 8) refusal of a labor organization to bargain collectively with an employer; 9) engaging in ill...
Boycotter
A participant in boycotting...
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