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

And with that Charley and the delighted Perdue drove to the house of Charley's business agent, the same who had been his father's manager.

From Duffels by Eggleston, Edward