Multiple Choice
Featherbedding refers to
A) a situation in which a union forces an employer to hire union workers in preference to nonunion workers.
B) the requirement that unneeded workers be retained on a job.
C) the refusal by one union to handle or transport goods produced by workers in another union.
D) disputes among two or more unions as to which will perform certain jobs.
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