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

Meta had been testing the business agent in some countries in a limited capacity before Wednesday’s launch and said it already has one million businesses using it.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026

“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

Over the next eight years, he was a business agent, contract director and publications editor for the Service Employees International Union.

From New York Times • Feb. 19, 2023

So I’ve known how to navigate throughout all that, throughout my career as a rank-and-file member and as a business agent.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2022

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