bargaining agent

British  

noun

1. an organization, usually a trade union, that acts or bargains on behalf of a group of employees in collective bargaining

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Example Sentences

Workers at one of the plants elected the union as their bargaining agent last April, while workers at the second location across the street opted against union representation a month later.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 31, 2023

If the Beaumont employees approve a decertification, it would remove the USW as their bargaining agent.

From Reuters • Oct. 8, 2021

He refuses to create a central bargaining agent, arguing the federal government is “not a shipping clerk”.

From The Guardian • Apr. 5, 2020

The union was decertified as the controllers’ bargaining agent and ceased to exist, eventually succeeded by a new union for a rebuilt force of controllers.

From New York Times • Mar. 6, 2017

The union will serve as the workers’ bargaining agent with the Trump company, said Boardman, who expects contract negotiations to begin “very soon.”

From Washington Post • Jan. 31, 2017