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

Hansen is a carriage horse driver and TWU Local 100 shop steward. —Christina Hansen, New York Daily News, 9 Aug. 2025

According to Vanity Fair staff writer and shop steward Erin Vanderhoof, who attended Wednesday’s protest, neither Lynch nor chief content officer and global editorial director Anna Wintour were present in the offices during the demonstration. —Katie Kilkenny, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Mar. 2024

The agreement marks a new relationship between T management and the union, said Cabot shop steward Alix Gaston. —Taylor Dolven, BostonGlobe.com, 2 Aug. 2023

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. —Mariana Duran, Los Angeles Times, 28 July 2023

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