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union representative

 
 
noun [C] (also informal union rep)

Definition

HR, WORKPLACE someone in a particular company or organization who has been elected to represent employees who belong to a particular trade union: Management and union representatives are meeting to discuss "productivity improvement" targets.
(Definition of union representative noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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