shop steward

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shop steward

noun shop stewards

A local member of a trade union elected to represent his fellow workers in discussions with the management at a workplace. 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.

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noun representative of workers

中文	工會管事 /工会管事 gōnghuì guǎnshì
Français	délégué syndical

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@misc{shop_steward_2026,
  title = {shop steward},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/shop%20steward},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}