featherbedding

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English

Verb

featherbedding

  1. present participle of featherbed

Noun

featherbedding (uncountable)

  1. (US) The employment of more workers than is necessary because of union rules, especially upon the introduction of new technology
    • 2019: "Blood and Oil" by Seth Harp, Rolling Stone
      It eventually grew bigger than Gazprom, the Russian state oil company, but it has always had a problem with internal malfeasance and featherbedding.
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