When the butchers at Acme Meat Processing Company went on strike, its members formed picket lines at grocery stores that carried Acme products. The union members in the picket lines asked shoppers not to shop at these stores until they stopped carrying Acme products. This union action is called a(n) _____ and is _____.
A) secondary boycott, illegal
B) union support technique, legal
C) primary boycott, legal
D) employee vendetta, illegal
E) corporate campaign, legal

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The union action described in the scenario is a secondary boycott, which is illegal under federal law. A secondary boycott involves a union encouraging others to stop doing business with a company that is not directly involved in the labor dispute.

When the Butchers at Acme Meat Processing Company Went on Strike