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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 : 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. ...


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...


Prim' or primari' preces

Prim' or primari' preces. See PRECES PRIMARI'....


primary

primary 1 : of first rank, value, or importance 2 : belonging to the first group or order in successive divisions, combinations, or ramifications pri·mar·i·ly [prī-mer-ə-lē] adv n pl: -ries 1 : caucus 2 : an election in which qualified voters nominate or express a preference for a particular candidate or group of candidates for political office, choose party officials, or select delegates for a party convention ...


primary beneficiary

primary beneficiary see beneficiary ...


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