double-breasting
n.— «The bankruptcy of Consolidated Freightways last Labor Day was the result of “double-breasting”—moving Teamster work to a nonunion subsidiary, Con-Way, while allowing the old company to go under and wipe out 15,500 Teamster jobs.» —“What’s wrong with the freight deal” in Chicago Socialist Worker Online Feb. 14, 2003. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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