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

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

“I’m ecstatic,” said Darlene Carpenter, the business agent for the union’s Local 358.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 20, 2021

I mean, listen, my uncle was a business agent for the laborers’ union.

From Washington Post • Aug. 27, 2021

Scott Archer, business agent with Local 663 Pipefitters Union in Sarnia, home to three of Ontario’s refineries, described Line 5 as the “spinal cord of Ontario’s infrastructure” in testimony to Canadian lawmakers.

From Reuters • Apr. 26, 2021

He is the business agent of the union and runs everything, although few persons know it.

From Campfire Girls in the Allegheny Mountains or, A Christmas Success against Odds by Francis, Stella M.