shop steward

noun

1. a unionized employee elected to represent a shop, department, or the like, in dealings with an employer.

shop steward

noun

1. a coworker elected by trade union members to represent them in discussions and negotiations with the management

Word History and Origins

Origin of shop steward¹

First recorded in 1910–15

Example Sentences

The stock controller, who is also Unite shop steward, said Leadec had set up a foodbank to support its workers facing extreme hardship.

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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.

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Rafael Rendon, a custodian at Disney’s California Adventure Park, has talked to fellow SEIU-USWW members as a shop steward to see what matters most to them ahead of the Master Services Council’s upcoming contract negotiations.

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"When I was there in the morning there it was a positive attitude around members and our shop stewards on site," he told BBC Radio Nottingham.

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But weeks later, some drivers reported they were fired for joining the union, and a shop steward told BuzzFeed News that Silverstar had shut down its Michigan location months after.

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