There is a reason why, under US labor laws, secondary boycotts are generally illegal.
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A secondary boycott is an unfair labor practice in which a union attempts to strike a neutral third party in order to put pressure on the company that is involved in a certification or de-certification action. It usually involves an organized refusal to purchase the products of, do business with or perform services for (such as deliver goods) a company which is doing business with another company where the employees are on strike or in a labor dispute.
Secondary boycotts are illegal under the federal Taft-Hartley Act and the Landrum-Griffin Act . Many states also have laws, which vary by state, prohibiting secondary boycotts.
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http://definitions.uslegal.com/s/secondary-boycott/
Now, what CDI is doing is not illegal (probably)--these laws don't apply to them, and I don't know that any other such legal prohibition does either. That's simply because horsemen have no legislative lobby whatsoever. But the public policy justifications for these labor laws are directly analogous here: CDI is prepared to destroy innocent third parties to try to reach their target.
In short, CDI may not be criminals, but they are quite content to employ means that reek of gangsterism. They are scum.