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Examples of featherbedding
featherbedding
I hold no brief for the featherbedding of inefficient or unproductive industries.
From the guardian.co.uk
But who can defend the kind of featherbedding that is described in the audit of DWSD?
From the freep.com
Featherbedding is every where and that is a major source of patronage.
From the suntimes.com
While featherbedding in other unions is not so extreme, it does exist.
From the theatlantic.com
He has been withering in his criticism of the featherbedding that has bankrupted the state.
From the economist.com
Ah, yes, those lazy, featherbedding, overpaid public employees.
From the denverpost.com
The Transportation Department is notorious for featherbedding.
From the suntimes.com
Unions also enforce archaic work rules and featherbedding practices that keep productivity low.
From the time.com
New York City, the home office of featherbedding, supports 10,000 cops who retired before the age of 50.
From the washingtonpost.com
- The practice (usually by a labor union) of requiring an employer to hire more workers than are required
- (featherbed) feather bed: a mattress stuffed with feathers
- (featherbed) pamper: treat with excessive indulgence; "grandparents often pamper the children"; "Let's not mollycoddle our students!"
- (featherbed) hire more workers than are necessary
- The employment of more workers than is necessary because of union rules, especially upon the introduction of new technology
- (Featherbed) A batsmen-friendly pitch with little life for the bowlers. Often found in Antigua.
- (Featherbed) a very good wicket to bat on, offering little help to the bowlers.
- The practice of assigning more union workers to a project than necessary.
- The labor union practice in a hampered market economy of forcing employers (1) to employ more persons than necessary for the efficient performance of a task, or (2) to pay persons for work they have not performed.
