shop steward
English
editNoun
editshop steward (plural shop stewards)
- A local member of a trade union elected to represent his fellow workers in discussions with the management at a workplace.
- 2021 October 20, Conrad Landin, “Network News: RMT vows to hold strike action during COP26”, in RAIL, number 942, page 10:
- It is understood that ScotRail made a revised offer of 2.5%, but the RMT national executive committee is likely to reject this following consultation with shop stewards.
Synonyms
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editrepresentative of workers
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References
edit- “shop steward”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.