featherbedding

IPA: fˈɛðɝbɛdɪŋ

(US) The employment of more workers than is necessary, typically because of labor union rules (or sometimes deals with organized crime, a government, etc), especially upon the introduction of new technology.

Examples of "featherbedding" in Sentences

I'll give you a hint: look up the term "featherbedding".
Abramoff described his practice of "featherbedding" - making job offers to chiefs of staff in Congress.
Let us look at the class of people who have the weak moral fibre sufficient to indulge in featherbedding.
Sounds like featherbedding, but no one is going to speak up with the heat always dialed in to a comfortable 70 degrees at the PPA.
I'm afraid I don't quite know what the $20 million is that you're referring to, and I certainly don't support "featherbedding", since I'm no friend of large, inefficient corporate consultancies.
I don't know of anyone "featherbedding" their nests and if they were - they chose a pretty bad place to do it considering the brutal hours and relatively low pay that people get working for the NDP.
"These 'featherbedding' provisions sought by Local 63 OCU are unacceptable, and they run counter to the employers 'efforts to reach fair and reasonable contracts that provide for staffing based on business requirements and that reflect today's economic conditions."