11. Featherbedding only emerges under certain circumstances.12. But they said they were determined to do away with the inefficiencies and " featherbedding ." 13. The term " featherbedding " is usually used by management to describe behaviors and rules sought by workers. 14. Featherbedding is considered economically efficient because it occurs in the give-and-take of collective bargaining.15. As the city attempted to mediate the dispute, Hunkin-Conkey officials accused the union of featherbedding . 16. And it has a dog-eared glossary of key words : racketeering, featherbedding , sickouts and homesteading. 17. Featherbedding has also been occasionally used to describe rent-seeking behavior by corporations in response to economic regulation.18. In the case of rail labor disputes, for example, imposed settlements have probably slowed the end of featherbedding . 19. In featherbedding , the job continues no matter that the need for the worker has been replaced by a machine. 20. Since the mid-19th century, " featherbedding " has been most commonly used in the labor relations field.