A primary boycott occurs when a union

Trade union

A trade union, trades union or labor union is an organization of workers that have banded together to achieve common goals such as better working conditions. The trade union, through its leadership, bargains with the employer on behalf of union members and negotiates labour contracts with...

 or other political or community organization encourages both its members and the general public not to buy the products of a firm

Corporation

A corporation is created under the laws of a state as a separate legal entity that has privileges and liabilities that are distinct from those of its members. There are many different forms of corporations, most of which are used to conduct business. Early corporations were established by charter...

 involved in a labor or political dispute.

Primary boycotts generally occur during labor negotiations and are a way for a union to either get management to the negotiating table or to help the union press for its demands. Success involving primary boycotts is mixed.

Beginning in California in the 1960s the United Farm Workers

United Farm Workers

The United Farm Workers of America is a labor union created from the merging of two groups, the Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee led by Filipino organizer Larry Itliong, and the National Farm Workers Association led by César Chávez...

 union, led by Cesar Chavez

César Chávez

César Estrada Chávez was an American farm worker, labor leader, and civil rights activist who, with Dolores Huerta, co-founded the National Farm Workers Association, which later became the United Farm Workers ....

, conducted a series of boycotts of table grapes and iceberg lettuce and some California wine as a part of an effort to gain bargaining recognition from California's agribusiness

Agribusiness

In agriculture, agribusiness is a generic term for the various businesses involved in food production, including farming and contract farming, seed supply, agrichemicals, farm machinery, wholesale and distribution, processing, marketing, and retail sales....

 industry.

See also

• Refusal to deal
  Refusal to deal
  Refusal to deal is one of several anti-competitive practices forbidden in countries which have restricted market economies. For example:-History:...
  
  
• Secondary boycott
• Group boycott
  Group boycott
  In competition law, a group boycott is a type of secondary boycott in which two or more competitors in a relevant market refuse to conduct business with a firm unless the firm agrees to cease doing business with an actual or potential competitor of the firms conducting the boycott...