featherbedding
See also: feather-bedding
English
Verb
featherbedding
Noun
featherbedding (uncountable)
- (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.
- 2019: "Blood and Oil" by Seth Harp, Rolling Stone