The ABC Grocery Store chain stocks the products of Vegi-Delite Food Company at all of their supermarkets.The union is currently involved in a labour dispute with Vegi-Delite.The union has already encouraged its members and the general public not to buy Vegi-Delite products.Now it is threatening ABC with the possibility of a boycott if it continues to carry the Vegi-Delite product line.The union is threatening ABC with a(n):
A)secondary boycott.
B)primary boycott.
C)jurisdictional boycott.
D)informational boycott.

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The union's threat is a secondary boycott, as they are targeting a third-party (ABC) to pressure them to stop carrying Vegi-Delite products in support of their labour dispute with the company.

The ABC Grocery Store Chain Stocks the Products of Vegi-Delite