shop steward
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of shop steward
First recorded in 1910–15
Example Sentences
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Escobar became a shop steward but didn’t think of getting more involved in labor leadership until the early 2000s, when drivers twice crashed into his idling fire truck.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 21, 2025
“I don’t feel bad for her that she got a decrease,” said Jimi Hadley, UPS package driver in Roswell, Georgia, and Teamsters shop steward.
From Seattle Times ● May 31, 2023
A trade union shop steward in Glasgow's shipyards before he moved into football, Ferguson's final team talk concentrated on working-class values.
From BBC ● May 7, 2023
Their marriage broke up in the 1980s, she said, because of her time-consuming work as a union shop steward in a factory after she left domestic employment.
From New York Times ● Jan. 25, 2023
"Late again, I see," the shop steward growled.
From Meeting of the Board by Alan Edward Nourse
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