Question

What is the practice of negotiating labor contracts that keep unnecessary workers on a company’s payroll called?

Answer 1

featherbedding is the answer

Answer 2

Answer:

featherbedding

Explanation:

Featherbedding refers to  a pair of negative business practices:

• retain unnecessary employees as a result of a union contract that prohibits layoffs
• keep a factory (or other business) open even though it losses money, just to prevent unemployment