secondary boycott
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of secondary boycott
First recorded in 1945–50
Example Sentences
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Such coercion would constitute an illegal secondary boycott.
From The Verge ● May 13, 2021
Kelly, Lewis, and a number of Twitter users were quick to point out that the LUP had apparently misunderstood what a secondary boycott is.
From Slate ● Mar. 9, 2021
Getting people to stop buying Dell computers would be an illegal secondary boycott, but targeting Amazon itself would be a permissible primary boycott.
From Slate ● Mar. 9, 2021
The secondary boycott prohibition under labor law has complicated matters for a variety of unions.
From New York Times ● Nov. 21, 2019
That was a secondary boycott, which Mr. Cleveland said ought to be suppressed.
From Ethics in Service by William H. Taft
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