shop steward
noun
: a union member elected as the union representative of a shop or department in dealings with the management
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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.
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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
Hansen is a carriage horse driver and TWU Local 100 shop steward.
—Christina Hansen, New York Daily News, 9 Aug. 2025
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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
Hansen is a carriage horse driver and TWU Local 100 shop steward.
—Christina Hansen, New York Daily News, 9 Aug. 2025
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“Shop steward.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shop%20steward. Accessed 27 May. 2026.
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