shop steward
3
5.8
- noun
- /ʃɑp ˈstuːərd/
- Jargon
:
delegado sindical
- As the shop steward, he organized meetings to discuss workers' rights and benefits.
- a shop steward in the union
- elected shop steward
- become a shop steward
My father was a trade union activist, a shop steward, a branch official in the EEU, as it was known then, the Amalgamated Engineering Union.
- My father was a trade union activist, a shop steward, a branch official in the EEU, as it was known then, the Amalgamated Engineering Union.
Examples
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She's the union shop steward... and the union's upset over all the layoffs... the increased workload, pay freezes.
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Meanwhile, Heywood had been elected as a shop steward for Unison and campaigned for greater protection for care workers' rights.
Academic text (2011) -
May I please speak with the shop steward, sir?
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Call your shop steward then.
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You got a union shop steward, call them, if not go back to work.
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Let's hear it for the shop steward.
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Clarence Hill is a shop steward at the Checker plant.
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My father was a trade union activist, a shop steward, a branch official in the EEU, as it was known then, the Amalgamated Engineering Union.
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The workers elected Jane as their new shop steward to represent their interests during negotiations with management.
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During the strike, the shop steward played a crucial role in communicating between the employees and the company.
Synonyms
12
5.0
A worker elected to represent colleagues in talks with managers about work rights
2
3.7
A person elected by workers to speak for them in talks with managers
How Official
- Formal
1
4.1
12
2.8
- Jargon
- Jargon
3
5.8
123
3.5
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly composed from 'steward' (an elected worker representing colleagues) specified by the location 'shop' — i.e. the steward who represents the workers in that shop. This straightforward noun+noun compound follows regular compositional patterns in English and is readily inferable by a B1 learner who knows both constituent words.
Etymology
Shop steward comes from a simple picture: a worker in the shop chosen to be a steward, a person who looks after others. So the term means a worker elected to 'represent' and help other workers in talks with management.