As a result of a labor dispute with WaveMakers (a boat manufacturing company), the union organizes a national boycott of WaveMaker boats. When the boycott proves to be unsuccessful in pressuring WaveMakers to concede to the union demands, the union extends its boycott to several other boat manufacturers, hoping they will influence WaveMakers to settle. This action is legal under the Taft-Hartley Act.

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The Taft-Hartley Act prohibits secondary boycotts, which are boycotts not directly against the employer with whom the union has a dispute but against other businesses in an effort to pressure the primary target. Extending the boycott to other manufacturers would be considered a secondary boycott.

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