Skip to main content  secondary boycott  Definition from Nolo’s
Plain-English Law Dictionary  An attempt to stop others from
purchasing products from, performing services for, or otherwise
doing business with a company that does business with another
company that is in the midst of a labor dispute. For example, if
a grocery chain's clerks are on strike, and their union
discourages a delivery drivers' union from moving the products
of the chain's largest food supply companies, that would be a
secondary boycott. The purpose of the secondary boycott is
typically to exert indirect pressure on the employer to resolve
the labor dispute by causing its business connections to suffer
as a result of the dispute. Secondary boycotts are illegal under
the National Labor Relations Act.  Definition provided by Nolo’s
Plain-English Law Dictionary.  August 19, 2010, 5:24 pm