To Boycott means to stop interacting with a service or product in protest at its behaviour or values. It’s a stand against the moral implications of supporting certain organisations or people. The Job Auction is taking a stand against unemployment because unemployment has beleaguered the people of the world for long enough. Here’s a quick History lesson to get us all fired up and ready to boycott. The word itself is the namesake of an Irish Captain in the 1880s, Charles Boycott. He was subject to being socially ostracised after refusing a 25% cut on rents because the harvest had been minuscule that year. Instead of resorting to violence in their outrage, Charles Stewart Parnell, an Irish nationalist put it to the locality that they should shun boycott, refusing to do the work that was required to keep him in profit. They did so and the tactic was a success. Next thing you know ‘boycott’ is being used as a verb by The Times. Since then with a word to rally around boycotts have taken numerous forms throughout history with the peaceful protest the weapon of choice for so many irate firebrands looking to make their voices heard. A brave ...

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