Boycott

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A conspiracy to injure the business of any person by inducing others to abstain from business relations with him. The methods are so diverse as not to be comprehended by any definition. For illustrations, see 84 Va. 927; 45 Fed. 135; 55 Conn. 79. If force or intimidation is resorted to, such combinations are unlawful. As to their legality in the absence of such measures, see 15 Q. B. Div. 476.

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A conspiracy to injure the business of any person by inducing others to abstain from business relations with him. The methods are so diverse as not to be comprehended by any definition. For illustrations, see 84 Va. 927; 45 Fed. 135; 55 Conn. 79. If force or intimidation is resorted to, such combinations are unlawful. As to their legality in the absence of such measures, see 15 Q. B. Div. 476.

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An effort of many persons to injure another by preventing anyone from doing business with the injured party. Boycotts have been used as a coercive weapon by workers against management. An effective boycott could hurt the workers as well as management because wages and employment may be reduced for some time through the partial destruction of the market once boycotted. A secondary boycott is an effort to injure another by putting economic pressure on a neutral party. A secondary boycott may take the form of union members refusing to handle nonunion goods. Secondary boycotts are illegal because they tend to injure to a greater extent parties not involved in a labor dispute than those directly concerned.

(Revised by Ann De Vries)

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United States Constitution

According to theEncyclopedia of the American Constitution, about its article titled BOYCOTTA boycott is a group refusal to deal. Such concerted action is an effective way for society’s less powerful members, such as unorganized workers or racial minorities, to seek fair treatment in employment, public accommodations, and public services. But as the Supreme Court recognized in
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Concept of Boycott in Labor Law

In this context, a definition of Boycott is offered here: A concerted refusal to work for, purchase from, or handle the products of an employer. Where the action is directed against the employer directly involved in the labor dispute, it is termed a primary boycott. In a secondary boycott, the action is directed against a neutral employer in an attempt to get him/her to stop doing business with the company with which the union is having a dispute. Secondary boycotts are illegal under the Taft Hartley Act.


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