Featherbedding Refers to

question 4

Multiple Choice

Featherbedding refers to

• A) the practice of laying off union activists.
• B) increased international competition and its negative impact on trade unions.
• C) union leaders arguing for higher wages when they know that they will not become unemployed given their seniority.
• D) the practice of inducing a firm to use more than the cost-minimizing level of labor.

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