shop steward

Noun

Meaning

a union member who is elected to represent fellow workers in negotiating with management

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Examples

I got into local government at the Greater London Council in 1984s, supported the miners’ strike and became a NALGO shop steward there and a branch secretary at the Inner London Education Authority (ILEA). Source: Internet

Sam Angell plays Peter as a brash, cocky grown-up who claims to hail from Kensington but has a Glaswegian accent and sounds like a Govan shop steward demanding longer tea breaks. Source: Internet

The video call was accompanied by a unionized UFCW worker and a union shop steward, and the video was recorded to be reviewed later. Source: Internet

The shop steward of Conservative backbenchers, he usually operates out of public view. Source: Internet

The department workers instantly ousted their do-nothing shop steward and elected me with a mandate to raise hell for safer conditions. Source: Internet

Where the trade union has complied with the three requirements mentioned earlier the employer cannot stop the shop steward from doing his/her union duties. Source: Internet

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