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
Local 829, the scenic artists’ union, put Drabinsky on its “boycott list” because of “continued inaction and lack of communication regarding the significant payments and benefits,” said Carl Mulert, the local’s national business agent.
From New York Times • Aug. 1, 2022
I mean, listen, my uncle was a business agent for the laborers’ union.
From Washington Post • Aug. 27, 2021
Without Mabel beside her, Yetta would hardly have found the courage to perform her first duty as business agent of the union.
From Comrade Yetta by Edwards, Albert
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