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business agent

American  

noun

  1. a paid union official who represents a local and its membership in dealing with an employer.


Etymology

Origin of business agent

First recorded in 1840–50

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Meta had been testing the business agent in some countries in a limited capacity before Wednesday’s launch and said it already has one million businesses using it.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 3, 2026

“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

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

They soon heard what had happened to Blackbeard's business agent.

From Kate Bonnet The Romance of a Pirate's Daughter by Stockton, Frank Richard

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