secondary boycott

American  

noun

1. a boycott by union members against their employer in order to induce the employer to bring pressure on another company involved in a labor dispute with the union.

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Etymology

Origin of secondary boycott

First recorded in 1945–50

Example Sentences

Such coercion would constitute an illegal secondary boycott.

From The Verge • May 13, 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

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

The secondary boycott prohibition under labor law has complicated matters for a variety of unions.

From New York Times • Nov. 21, 2019

A second unjustifiable practice is the secondary boycott, when used to further jurisdictional disputes or to compel employers to violate the National Labor Relations Act.

From State of the Union Address by Truman, Harry S.