Featherbedding Means That

question 225

Multiple Choice

Featherbedding means that

• A) company management receives a cut from the collected union wages.
• B) employers are force to hire apprentices.
• C) employers are forced to hire more workers than they want to.
• D) a union can join a sympathy strike.

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Definitions:

Direct Labor Hours

The total hours worked directly on producing goods, an important factor in costing and efficiency analyses.

Factory Overhead

All indirect costs associated with manufacturing a product, including utilities, maintenance, and salaries of non-direct labor.

Total Factory Overhead

Total factory overhead encompasses all indirect costs associated with manufacturing, including utilities, depreciation, and salaries for supervisory personnel, that cannot be directly traced to specific products.

Activities Per Product

The specific tasks or operations that need to be completed in order to produce each unit of a product.