boycott

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Members also voted to pass an amendment to the motion at the conference, which called for the union to survey secondary school members to see whether they would be willing to boycott the tests.

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026

“Although a group boycott is alleged, there is no antitrust violation here.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

"We are told that the Americans threatened to boycott the G7 if South Africa was invited," he said.

From Barron's • Mar. 26, 2026

A consumer boycott of grapes under Huerta’s leadership led to the California Agricultural Labor Relations Act of 1975, which paved the way for farmworkers to form unions and push for better working conditions and pay.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2026

Boycotts had been used before, as far back as 1832, when a national convention of free blacks meeting in Philadelphia initiated a boycott of goods made by slave labor.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson