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Types

When a boycott is instituted against an employer by a stoppage or slowdown of work by employees it is called a strike. When one nation officially boycotts the products of another nation, it is said to have instituted economic sanctions. Boycotts are also used by companies and by consumers in an effort to lower prices of products. Product boycotts were common in the late 19th century, when unions attempted to discourage the public from buying goods made by nonunion companies with unfair labor policies.