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Featherbedding

Featherbedding is the practice of hiring more workers than are needed to perform a given job, or to adopt work procedures which appear pointless, complex and time-consuming merely to employ additional workers. The term "make-work" is sometimes used as a synonym for featherbedding.

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International perspectives

BrazilFranceJapanPost-war consensusFull employment
8 related topics

Etymology

United StatesLabor unionsLabor relationsCollective bargainingTaft–Hartley Act
6 related topics

Non-economic perspectives

PropertyMarket failure
2 related topics

Overview

Make-workRent-seeking
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Etymology

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Featherbedding

Nodes23
Edges22
Triples42
Avg. degree1.91
Density0.086957
Components1

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Featherbedding

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related to Etymology · 6
Featherbedding → In, Labor, Railway, The, United States, United States Department
related to United States · 6
Featherbedding → Hartley Act, However, In, Supreme Court, Taft, United States
related to Economics · 5
Featherbedding → As, Chief, If, Labor, Under
related to Non-economic perspectives · 5
Featherbedding → Legal, Seizing, Such, Under, United States
is a · 4
Featherbedding → practice of hiring more workers than are needed to perform a given job, reaction to economic insecurity, response by unions to their weakness, result of weak labor unions and unenforced and unprotected worker rights
related to France · 4
Featherbedding → Also, In France, The, World War II
related to Sweden · 4
Featherbedding → Nevertheless, No, Sweden, There
related to Brazil · 2
Featherbedding → In Brazil, Some
related to Japan · 2
Featherbedding → In, Japan
related to United Kingdom · 2
Featherbedding → In, United Kingdom

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rules workers unions term labor united work states used example also bargaining job employment union argue employer practice japan sweden

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Featherbeddingis apractice of hiring more workers than are needed to perform a given job0.90text
Featherbeddingis aresult of weak labor unions and unenforced and unprotected worker rights0.90text
Featherbeddingis aresponse by unions to their weakness0.90text
Featherbeddingis areaction to economic insecurity0.90text
nursesinstance ofthose0.80text
teachersinstance ofthose0.80text
Featherbeddingrelated to BrazilIn Brazil0.60section
Featherbeddingrelated to BrazilSome0.60section
Featherbeddingrelated to EconomicsLabor0.60section
Featherbeddingrelated to EconomicsChief0.60section
Featherbeddingrelated to EconomicsUnder0.60section
Featherbeddingrelated to EconomicsIf0.60section

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