BOYCOTT
A lawful concerted attempt by a group of people to
express displeasure with, or obtain concessions
from, a particular person or company by refusing
to do business with them. An unlawful attempt
that is prohibited by the SHERMAN ANTI-TRUST
ACT (15 U.S.C.A. § 1 et seq.), to adversely affect a
company through threat, coercion, or intimidation
of its employees, or to prevent others from doing
business with said company. A practice utilized in
labor disputes whereby an organized group of
employees bands together and refrains from deal-
ing with an employer, the legality of which is
determined by applicable provisions of statutes
governing labor-management relations.
A classic example of this is a consumer boy-
cott whereby a group of customers refuses to
purchase a particular product in order to indi-
cate their dissatisfaction with excessive prices or
the offensive actions of a particular manufac-
turer or producer.
CROSS-REFERENCES
Labor Law.
