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In a boycott, what do employees try to do?
AKeep customers from doing business with the employer
BBlock the entrance so that no worker can enter it
CBuy company stock to gain influence over managers
DRefuse to work until the contract is settled
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Keep customers from doing business with the employer
1. A boycott attacks the employer through its market rather than through its workforce.
2. Employees try to keep customers and others from doing business with the employer.
3. Refusing to work is a strike and buying stock is a corporate campaign, so those are separate tactics.
_Source: OpenStax Introduction to Business (CC BY 4.0), Ch 8 "Managing Human Resources and Labor Relations", section Tactics for Pressuring a Contract Settlement_
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