At Play-it-Safe Pharmaceuticals Company, a maker of sunscreen products, the union reps strongly discouraged the firm's union employees from buying the company's products during the forthcoming summer season. Recently, they also took out an ad with an important message for consumers: "Don't give Play-it-Safe your money. They don't share it with their employees!" These actions describe:
A) secondary boycott.
B) primary boycott.
C) direct strikebreaker initiative.
D) strikebreaker tactic.

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The union reps' discouragement of the firm's union employees from buying the company's products and the ad taken out with a message for consumers to not give Play-it-Safe their money describe a primary boycott. This is when a labor union encourages its members to withhold the purchase of goods or services from an employer in order to apply economic pressure for bargaining purposes.

At Play-It-Safe Pharmaceuticals Company, a Maker of Sunscreen Products, the Union