business agent
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of business agent
First recorded in 1840–50
Example Sentences
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“It’s important that we get the women working right away when they get out,” said Heather Kurtenbach, a formerly incarcerated business agent at Ironworkers Local 86 in Tukwila.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 14, 2024
She later became a business agent and organizer for the Hollywood Teamsters local.
From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2023
Those opportunities are siphoning off potential UPS workers and creating more manual labor for those who remain, said Ross Kinson, a business agent for the local Teamsters.
From New York Times • Oct. 14, 2022
“It is a tremendous sign of support and we are extremely grateful to them for supporting us and their unionized employees,” Anne Vantine, business agent for Local 868, said.
From Washington Post • Sep. 16, 2021
You see he wanted to represent the Consolidated Press as a sort of business agent, and The Daily Lyre belongs to the Consolidated, and that's the way I came across him.
From Captain Jinks, Hero by Beard, Daniel Carter
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