shop steward

noun

: a union member elected as the union representative of a shop or department in dealings with the management

Examples of shop steward in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Union shop stewards inside SoFi Stadium near Los Angeles are handing out buttons which read ‘Kick ICE Out’ for workers to wear at the venue hosting FIFA’s World Cup match between the United States and Paraguay on Friday night. —Adam Crafton, New York Times, 12 June 2026

Christina Hansen, shop steward for TWU Local 100, which represents carriage horse drivers, said Troy had pulled his carriage to the back of a line of carriages to drop off riders. —Allen Devlin, CBS News, 18 May 2026

Barneond, who is from Guatemala, has worked in Las Vegas’ casino industry for nine years and is also a shop steward for the powerful Culinary Union in the state. —Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Money, 5 Mar. 2026

Joe Spica, a bellman at the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas and a Culinary Workers Union shop steward, said visitor totals may not have collapsed, but spending has. —Rajesh Kumar Singh, USA Today, 19 Feb. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1904, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for shop steward

• skewered

Legal Definition

shop steward

noun

: a union member elected or appointed to serve as the representative of the union in a plant, department, or shop and charged mainly with negotiating the settlement of grievances of employees with employers, maintaining compliance with the collective bargaining agreement, recruiting new union members, and collecting union dues