"Secondary strike" , see below

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Secondary boycott

A secondary boycott is an attempt by labor to convince others to stop
doing business with a particular firm because that firm does business
with another firm that is the subject of a strike and/or a primary
boycott.


 Background
This type of action is illegal in many countries. In the U.S. it is
banned by the interpretation of the Sherman Antitrust Act, by the
Taft-Hartley Act, which amends the National Labor Relations Act of
1935, also known as the Wagner Act. In Australia it is banned by
sections 45D to 45E of the Trade Practices Act.

Because farm laborers in the United States are not covered by the
Wagner Act, the United Farm Workers union has been able to legally use
secondary boycotting of grocery store chains as an aid to their
strikes against California agribusinesses and to their primary
boycotts of California grapes, lettuce and wine. The UFW's secondary
boycotts involved asking consumers to stop shopping at a grocery store
chain until such time as the chain stopped carrying the boycotted
grapes or lettuce or wine.

Secondary boycotting is frequently confused with secondary striking,
which is also a prohibited tactic for those labor unions covered by
the Taft-Hartley Act. Some legal definitions for secondary boycotting
divide it into two different kinds, secondary consumer boycotts as per
the above definition of secondary boycotts, and secondary employee
boycotts, also defined as a secondary strike.

In competition law, a group boycott is a type of secondary boycott
which involves several competitors in a market attempting to shut
another competitor out of a relevant market by agreeing not to do
business with any of the customers of the firm they are attempting to
shut out.
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