business agent

American  

noun

1. a paid union official who represents a local and its membership in dealing with an employer.

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Etymology

Origin of business agent

First recorded in 1840–50

Example Sentences

“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

Robert Mills, business agent of the Everett Shingle Weavers, who had been called to the stand on several occasions to testify to minor matters, was then recalled.

From The Everett massacre A history of the class struggle in the lumber industry by Smith, Walker C.