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

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

“It is a tremendous sign of support and we are extremely grateful to them for supporting us and their unionized employees,” Anne Vantine, business agent for Local 868, said.

From Washington Post • Sep. 16, 2021

I never knew a sincere, not to say honest, labour leader, from business agent up.

From An Anarchist Woman by Hapgood, Hutchins