When Rock Island railroadmen complained about their corncob-filled caboose mattresses half a century ago, they unknowingly baptized a working practice that is as old as man’s labor and as fresh as ...

Abolishing featherbedding on holidays — the practice of hiring of more workers than necessary and at enhanced pay — is a sound management policy, not an unfair labor practice, a state appeals court ...

Little progress was reported Saturday in negotiations between shipping companies and striking clerical workers at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. The negotiating teams representing employers ...

One of U.S. management’s big complaints is against union featherbedding practices. Last week the American Institute of Management warned that unions are not alone in insisting on unnecessary jobs; ...

The U.S. Department of Labor once defined "featherbedding" as "a derogatory term applied to a practice, working rule, or agreement provision which limits output or requires employment of excess ...

The protest of the North Western rail settlement by Alan E. Thompson, legislative representative of the union, was nothing more than a political statement. Everyone knows that the ”featherbedding” of ...