[
US
/ˈfɛðɝˌbɛdɪŋ/
]
NOUN
- the practice (usually by a labor union) of requiring an employer to hire more workers than are required
How To Use featherbedding In A Sentence
- Amid a barrage of criticism from the public about featherbedding and overmanning, the country's civil service is being forced to streamline and reform.
- The taxpayer was forced to fund the featherbedding of a privatised Railtrack.
- The Treasury has also announced plans to employ an extra 210,000 over the next three years so that, by election year 2006, we can expect the state payroll to be featherbedding 5.5 million voters.
- Secondly, there is the argument that the country would be far better off buying the kit for the armed services from the best supplier - of whatever nationality - than featherbedding the defence sector with soft contracts.
- Amid a barrage of criticism from the public about featherbedding and overmanning, Hong Kong's civil service is being forced to streamline and reform.
- As time went by, he became increasingly irritated by the rampant featherbedding he discovered.
- Political corruption and featherbedding in Harrisburg is your classic dog-bites-man story, and frankly it’s too bad more of the General Assembly hasn’t been sent to jail for “business asusual.” The Volokh Conspiracy » Pennsylvania Attorney General Tom Corbett Subpoenas Identity of His Critics, for a Criminal Probe
- Political correctness is vast featherbedding trades union of pygmies, runts, and dullards, devoted to timeserving until their pension kicks in. Archive 2007-09-01
- The taxpayer was forced to fund the featherbedding of a privatised Railtrack.
- No more featherbedding, no more sweetheart agreements!