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Secondary Boycotts Essay

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There are many kinds of illegal economic pressures used by employers and unions. The National Labor Relations Act recognizes four pressures that are illegal. The first illegal economic pressure is called secondary boycotts. It is an unfair labor practice for an union to attempt to strike through a third part in order to put pressure on the company that is involved. Secondary boycotts usually involves a group of people refusing to purchase the products or conduct business with a company in which they are doing business with and where the employees are on strike. Hot cargo is another economic pressure that is illegal under the Taft-Hartley Act. Hot cargo agreement exists when a union tries to enter into an agreement with one employer that

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