shop steward
shop steward
Definition
shop steward
noun
a person elected by co-workers in a union shop to represent them in dealing with the employer
shop steward
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- elect: However, after I was elected shop steward we began a recruitment exercise in January 2000.
- become: That's exactly what Tesco stock controller Kimberley Leighton did last year when she became a shop steward.
- include: It had immediate effect when negotiations between Fords management and union representatives including shop stewards broke for lunch.
- suspend: Their decision came after BECTU issued an ultimatum threatening strike action in support of a suspended shop steward.
- involve: RICKY JONES, a shop steward involved in the Hackney struggle, explained how many workers were drawing this conclusion through their struggle.
Adjective modifier
- revolutionary: They also gave notice c further efforts to set up a network c revolutionary shop stewards in the factories.
- senior: A senior shop steward asked to do a health and safety inspection on the conveyor involved.
- former: Norma, a former shop steward in the Health Service, was a proud trade unionist all her life.
- other: The six included the shop steward and three employees from the food essences section and one other shop steward.
Modifies a noun
- committee: She is a lovely girl, who is so keen to learn and an asset to the shop stewards committee.
- movement: The shop stewards movement, and its equivalent in Germany, was the radical driving force.
Noun used with modifier
- union: I was berating people as tho I was a trade union shop steward!
- trade: I was berating people as tho I was a trade union shop steward!
Possessives
- movement: This has been well borne out by the experience of the shop stewards ' movement.
- committee: The formation of the Clyde Workers Committee promoted shop stewards ' committees in each workshop.
- organization: It had also allowed shop stewards ' organization to take root in many workplaces.
Possessives
- incumbent: Simon Cawdell sounds like the incumbents ' shop steward.
- incumbant: It is certainly not my intention to sound like the ' incumbant's shop steward!
Preposition: in
- factory: They also gave notice c further efforts to set up a network c revolutionary shop stewards in the factories.
Preposition: for
- year: Christopher has been a shop steward for many years.
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