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shop steward
noun
- a unionized employee elected to represent a shop, department, or the like, in dealings with an employer.
shop steward
noun
- a coworker elected by trade union members to represent them in discussions and negotiations with the management
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Word History and Origins
Origin of shop steward1
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Example Sentences
As the former union shop steward at a manufacturer for automobile parts, Richardson thinks unionizing could change that.
Peter Sellers— and this is Sellers before he went international—plays a shop steward in a union.
Torkleson was waiting to see the shop steward when he came in next morning.
Of course Bailey, the shop steward, would take his usual delight in bringing that up.
The shop steward was a goad, annoying, perhaps even infuriating, but tolerable.
Until Shop Steward Bailey suddenly found himself in charge of a dozen sputtering machines and an empty office.
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