1) Business term 2) Pattern 3) Practice 
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. The term `featherbedding` is usually used by management to desc...
labour union practices that require the employer to pay for the performance of what he considers to be unnecessary work or for work that is not in ...
An unfair labor practice occurring when a union requires an employer to pay an employee for services
[n] - the practice (usually by a labor union) of requiring an employer to hire more workers than are required
noun the practice (usually by a labor union) of requiring an employer to hire more workers than are required