Very quickly the featherbed frame, a design that allowed the construction of a motorcycle with good mass-stiffness distribution, became a benchmark by which all other frames were judged.
As the politico-socio-economic strength of each party changes over time, collective bargaining outcomes will as well, enlarging or reducing the number and impact of featherbedding rules on the employer.
The central claim made by market-liberal advocates of privatisation is that public enterprises are subject to capture by unions, leading to featherbedding and inefficiency.