shop steward

English

Noun

shop steward (plural shop stewards)

1. 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

• union delegate
• union representative
• union steward
• workplace steward
• father of chapel

Translations

representative of workers

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 工會管事／工会管事 (gōnghuì guǎnshì)

• Finnish: luottamushenkilö (fi), luottamusmies (fi), luottamusnainen, luottamusvaltuutettu (fi)
• French: délégué syndical
• Scottish Gaelic: riochdaire aonaidh m

References

• “shop steward”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.