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

Those opportunities are siphoning off potential UPS workers and creating more manual labor for those who remain, said Ross Kinson, a business agent for the local Teamsters.

From New York Times • Oct. 14, 2022

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

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