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

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

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

From Seattle Times • Sep. 20, 2021

Ovechkin and his wife became investors after his business agent, David Abrutyn, reached out about the opportunity.

From Washington Post • May 10, 2021

F. G. Whitmore was my business agent, and he brought me out from town in his buggy.

From Chapters from My Autobiography by Twain, Mark