PHR Question #130: Real Exam Question with Answer & Explanation

Question

Options

• AIt is an effort to convince others to stop doing business with a particular organization that is the
• BIt is an effort to create more than one boycott on an organization, on two or more revenue streams.
• CIt is two or more boycotts by two or more union-backed organizations against one company.
• DIt is additional boycotts against companies that do business with a company which the union is

Explanation

The Taft-Hartley Act prohibited secondary boycotts, which involve pressuring a neutral third party to stop doing business with the employer that is the union's primary target. Choice A correctly describes this concept.

Common mistakes.

• B. Targeting multiple revenue streams of one company describes a broadened primary boycott strategy, not the definition of a secondary boycott which requires involvement of a neutral third party.
• C. Multiple unions acting against one company describes coordinated or sympathy action, not a secondary boycott, which is defined by targeting a neutral third party rather than the number of unions involved.
• D. While close in concept, this choice describes targeting companies that do business with the primary target rather than convincing others to stop doing business with the primary target - the distinction in the correct answer is the direction of the pressure on the neutral party.

Concept tested. Taft-Hartley Act secondary boycott definition

Reference. https://www.nlrb.gov/about-nlrb/rights-we-protect/the-law/secondary-boycotts

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