1. Allan has asked the National Labor Relations Board to declare the action an illegal secondary boycott and get the courts to stop it. 2. And in international relations the United States has traditionally opposed secondary boycott situations, like Arab pressure on third countries to isolate Israel. 3. By trying to force trade partners to squeeze Cuba, the bill sets up a secondary boycott, Canada and Mexico argue. 4. Chesterfield is trying to prove the unions are engaging in what is known as a secondary boycott, an unfair labor practice under the federal Taft-Hartley Act. 5. It will also aim to stop secondary boycotts and remove the automatic right of unions to intervene in workplace bargaining. 6. One of their most powerful weapons, secondary boycotts will be disarmed. 7. Reith is also determined to stop secondary boycotts -- unions striking in sympathy with other unions on unrelated issues. 8. Secondary boycotts are illegal in domestic labor disputes. 9. The fact is that the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade does not bar all secondary boycotts. 10. The precedent has led to partial U.S. secondary boycotts of Libya and Iran, too, again pitting us mainly against our own allies. |
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