Ace AC bids on a job to install a heating and air conditioning system for a new office building.Suburban Construction is the general contractor and is responsible for hiring subcontractors,such as Ace.Suburban workers are represented by the Brotherhood of Construction Workers (BCW).Ace is a nonunion employer and rebuffs efforts by the BCW to get it to sign a collective bargaining agreement with the union.The BCW sends e-mails and letters to the workers of Ace asking them not to report to work until Suburban rejects Ace's bid and instead selects a union subcontractor.In this case,the BCW commits the unfair labor practice of engaging in ________.

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In this case, the Brotherhood of Construction Workers (BCW) commits the unfair labor practice of engaging in a secondary boycott. The Supreme Court, in 1908, held that the Sherman Antitrust Act applied to labor union activities and outlawed secondary boycotts. Later, the Taft-Hartley Act of 1947 declared it an unfair labor practice to engage in secondary boycotts.

Ace AC Bids on a Job to Install a Heating